Month: October 2014

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Public invitation to Andy Lopez memorial Oct. 22 Santa Rosa, CA

 

Community gathering at the memorial site to share thoughts and feelings about Andy as we approach the 1 year anniversary of his death on Oct 22nd. Bilingual grief counselors and community support volunteers from St. Joseph’s Health of Sonoma County will be present to help facilitate and share. Open to all youth and adults. 4:00- 5:30pm

Location: Moorland Ave and West Robles, Santa Rosa, CA

Reunion de la comunidad en el sitio memorial de Andy para compartir pensamientos y sentimientos acerca de Andy mientras nos acercamos al aniversario de 1 año de su muerte el 22 de octubre. Terapeutas de duelo bilingües y voluntarios de apoyo del St. Joseph’s Health del condado de Sonoma estarán presentes para ayudar a facilitar y compartir.  Abierto a todos los jóvenes y adultos. 4:00- 5:30pm.

Direction: Moorland Ave and West Robles, Santa Rosa, CA

Source: justicecoalitionforandylopez.com

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Kizzy in Portland Oregon – Collecting and Paying Reparations

NATIONAL DAY OF PANHANDLING FOR REPARATIONS is October 10, Every Year! So far over 200 people across the country have hit the streets to collect and distribute reparations. More Info and to Register to Join ghe Performace: reparationsday.com

Source: www.flickr.com

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Reparations Payments Page added to Oppression Monitor

 

Reparations Contact Form added to Oppression Monitor

 

Source: oppressionmonitor.us

 

Thank you for the idea damali ayo!

 

Read more about her work at her new site reparationsday.com

 

Make sure to check all the photos too!

 

 

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National Day of Panhandling for Reparations

 

Click through for whole story and a lot more photos.

 

Source: reparationsday.com

 

Genius damali ayo does it again.

 

I suggest a team of two. One for each sign.

 

REPARATIONS

for

ENSLAVEMENT

ACCEPTED HERE

 

and

 

REPARATIONS PAID HERE

 

 

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Occupy Central (佔中)

 

Occupy Central (佔領中環 or just 佔中), dubbed the Umbrella Revolution in the Western press, is the protest for full democracy in Hong Kong that started in September 2014. Central is the main business district in Hong Kong where it started. It is the strongest such protest in China since Tiananmen Square in 1989.


Demands:

  1. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, CY Leung, to step down.
  2. China to uphold Hong Kong’s Basic Law, as it promised when Britain handed back Hong Kong in 1997. Article 45 of the Basic Law states:

    “The ultimate aim is the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage upon nomination by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures.”

China has promised the “universal suffrage” part by 2017, but not the bit about a “broadly representative nominating committee”. It wants to pack the committee so that the Communist Party can in effect block nominations.

 

– Click through for more –

 

Source: abagond.wordpress.com

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Welcome to the Hunger Games: Ferguson, Gentrification, and Power

 

Hunger Games

 

“Residents of the wealthy capitol watch on television as the competitors tear each other apart, entertaining them while confirming the need for subjugation and segregation of the districts.”

 

Source: www.racefiles.com

 

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said that his fear was that African Americans have been integrated into a burning building.

 

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Drug cops converge on Georgia man’s property after spotting … okra

A Cartersville, Georgia, man is unhappy that police conducted a “raid” after mistaking his okra plants for cannabis.

Source: www.cnn.com

 

Here is our U.S. tax dollars doing the War on Drugs.

 

The War on Drugs is a war on people.

 

 

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Cop buys mom car seat instead of ticket – CNN Video

 

A Michigan police officer buys a needy mom a booster seat instead of issuing her a ticket. WXMI has more.

Source: www.cnn.com

 

Interesting.

 

This is not how people in the community of Ferguson are treated.

 

I’m calling out White privilege.

 

If this mom was not white is would go like this:

 

  1. Child Protective Services would take her child away.
  2. Mom would be ticketed for the infraction.
  3. Mom would not have money to pay ticket.
  4. Warrant for arrest of mom is issued.
  5. Mom is stopped for looking suspicious.
  6. Cop runs mom’s id and finds there is a warrant out for her un-paid fines.
  7. Mom is incarcerated until she can be bailed out.
  8. If she is ever released from jail she is billed for her food, housing and administrative costs.
Did you hear the words ‘tough on crime’ in this story? No.
Did you hear the words child endangerment? No.
I’m calling out double standards, hypocrisy and racism in the U.S. police force.