ICYMI: OAS human rights delegation hears South Florida police complaints. In Orlando today http://t.co/D2bczvmm4i
— David Smiley (@NewsbySmiley) September 22, 2015
New 'Daily Show' host: US has 'institutionalized racial segregation' http://t.co/VXw18Dzrxs
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) September 23, 2015
Apple just censored this journalistic app that explores the Michael Brown shooting http://t.co/qtTRuwBtj6 pic.twitter.com/lRas1tWEy0
— TechMic (@techmic) September 21, 2015
“This is sovereign land and this is a sovereign nation,” said Nori Baldridge, the tribe’s director of economic development.
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This little refugee kid crying after Hungary police use tear gas& water canons 2 disperse migrants on Serbia border pic.twitter.com/oIQ4WQlgqt
— gultuysuz (@gultuysuz) September 16, 2015
On August 27, 2015, hundreds packed the First Corinthian Baptist Church (FCBC) in Harlem, New York City. There was a kick-in-the-gut, kick-in-the-heart intensity in the air, as a crowd—a majority Black people but many others as well—gathered for a program sponsored by the Stop Mass Incarceration Network to hear Carl Dix, Dr. Cornel West, ‘Stolen Lives’ families, Gina Belafonte and others speak to What We Must Do to STOP Police Murder and Terror—Get Ready for #RiseUpOctober: Massive Mobilization to Stop Police Terror & Murder, October 22-24 in NYC. Watch the full event at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFTND…
Here’s how you can be part of it:
1. Follow & share the Stop Mass Incarceration Network at stopmassincarceration.net; Twitter: @StopMassIncNet; Facebook: Stop Mass Incarceration Network; https://www.facebook.com/events/76758….
Use #RiseUpOctober #WhichSideAreYouOn!
2. Donate at stopmassincarceration.net or send a tax-deductible contribution to “Stop Mass Incarceration/AfGJ” with “Rise Up October” in the memo field/line to Stop Mass Incarceration Network, PO Box 941, Knickerbocker Station, New York City, NY 10002-0900
3. Distribute promotional materials: Download palm cards, posters & the Rise Up October Call Give them out in a laundromat, a library, a classroom, coffee shops, salons and barbershops.
4. Endorse the Call: As an individual, organization, union, school club,or religious group.
5. Organize your faith community, school, sorority, fraternity, union to get on the bus and get to NYC Saturday October 24.
6. Be in touch with the national movement, online or call 646.709.1961
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A slow genocide is still a genocide. I wouldn’t even say the genocide against Black, Latino and Native communities is slow. The murder of one person snuffs out a whole future family tree.
In Texas, hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of children are American citizens without the papers to prove it.
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These families are known as ‘Mixed status’ families.
#AfterCharlestonPBS EVERYONE has to walk the talk.EVERYONE must be accountable for social progress. It's not one groups responsibility
— Ayanna Jarvis (@ayannasjarvis) September 22, 2015
Polly Shepherd, a survivor of the Charleston Massacre joins @gwenifill at the PBS town hall on America After Charleston. #AfterCharlestonPBS
— lottie (@LottieJoiner) September 22, 2015
Charleston survivor wants to hear us talk about gun control. TELL. IT. #AfterCharlestonPBS
— Anneliese (@amayskimom) September 22, 2015
Get uncomfortable. Get angry…and use your anger to bring about change. http://t.co/znekr5ngDw (shared for #AfterCharlestonPBS)
— Forum Network (@ForumNetwork) September 22, 2015
Video of Scuffle Prompts Anger at Stockton, Calif., Police http://t.co/qLWTgoym5j #HesAFuckingKid #StocktonPD #BlackLivesMatter
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) September 19, 2015
Hill family. i admire their strength and resilience. we will continue to fight for Anthony. #JusticeForAnthonyHill 💜 pic.twitter.com/a5T4L8qLdE
— aris (@ivavoxo) September 19, 2015
Citizens on a bus in Boston were able to de-escalate a potentially dangerous situation after a cop pulled his gun on an unarmed woman.
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Albuquerque, NM — In a historic settlement, Native American tribes have been awarded nearly a billion dollars. The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that a settlement was reached with 645 Native American Tribes for the sum of $940 million dollars. The settlement stems from a 1990 lawsuit, which claimed the U.S. government failed…
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$940 million sounds like a lot, but the money is spread out over 645 Native American Nations.
