Grand Alliance of the Civil Society of Milwaukee to Save the Soldiers Home

• May 1 Celebration and Town Hall Meeting at the Steps of Old Main, “Mary’s Day” and “Workers Day”

• Lease or purchase the glorious tower rooms of the Soldiers Home “Castle,” i.e. “Old Main.” $5 per member per year would accomplish this.

• Rooms to be used for meetings, weddings, baptismal parties, plays, meditation, prayer, and study

• Raise $.10(a dime) per member to lobby to change the I 94 Sign to read

Historic Soldiers Home” Visitors Welcome”

rather then “Mitchell Blvd.” and “VA Grounds”

Soldiers Home “Old Main Turret Rooms Lease to Buy”

I propose that a Grand Alliance of the scores of long standing and effective Milwaukee Civil Society associations be formed to Save the Soldiers Home.

I move that a task force be established to determine the cost of winning control of the rooms at the top of each of the turrets at the Soliers Home.

I move that this task force create a web site on line that will become, in effect, a “virtual town hall” where the Save the Soldiers Home Movement can bring together diverse groups across geography, identity, and interest.

I move that we partner with educational institutions to help create the data base, intelligence, and communications software required for so ambitious a scheme, i.e. Milwaukee Public Interest, Small Business, and Social Enterprise groups save the Soldiers Home for use of the citizens in creative partnership with the veterans and the government.

I move that we invite the following organizations as starting groups to participate in a Grand Alliance to Save the Soldiers Home

Founding Members of the Save the Soldiers Home Movement

    * Soldiers Home Foundation
    * VA Hospital Employees and Patients
    * Eighth St. School
    * Milwuakee Preservation Alliance
    * Bucketworks
    * Alliance School
    * Emergency Digital Dot Com
    * Bridgeworks
    * National Association of Black Veterans
    * NAACP
    * Timbuktu
    * GLBT Community
    * Riverwest Neighborhood Association
    * Bay View Neighborhood Association
    * Save the Soldiers Home Movement
    * Milwaukee Public Schools Movement
    * CASH,
    * Milwaukee and Wisconsin Co-Op Organizations,
    * Milwaukee and Wisconsin Environmental Groups and *Consortiums
    * Neighborhood Organization Consortiums
    * Visit Milwaukee
    * Milwaukee Department of City Development
    * GMC
    * Civil Rights and Ethnic Associations,
    * “Public Intellectuals” from our educational institutions
    * Professionals and Professional Associations,
    * Faith and Spiritual Institutions and Communities
    * Unions
    * Small Business Associations
    * Main Street Historic Neighborhood Associations
    * Peace and Justice Groups
    * New American Organizations
    * Police Union
    * Teachers Union
    * Veterans Organization
    * Medical Professionals
    * Artisan Associations
    * Artist Associations
    * Major and neighborhood media enterprises
    * Elected Officials at all levels of government