“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and support one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” ~ Assata Shakur

Up to this White Christmas

Dear YGB Community,

You found us in the streets; some of us, with none to eat – drinking the tears of our wounded – till, again we could sleep.

This year, we’ve spent less time in the street and more time building community power to advocate for justice in this white world. As we head into a white Christmas, we are reminded that although our surroundings may tell us otherwise, although the norms may tell us we are outcasts, although these systems may rebuke us, our people power remains.

After Our White Christmas

YGB is kicking off 2017 with three primary focus areas

Black Needs: We’re partnering with the UW Center for Non-Profit Research and community supporters to do a needs survey in our Black communities to develop data to support our advocacy for Black resources.
Building Collective Analysis: We tend to see our issues persist in part because there isn’t a collective understanding of their underlying causes and how to address them. There’s also the lack of individuals dedicated to organizing the community around these key issues. YGB will be doing leadership development and hosting Building Understanding Sessions to increase capacity and get us all on the same page.
Direct Action and Advocacy: We came on the scene with the bull horn, but for years, our members have been doing advocacy work in community, city and county processes. We want to sustain our capacity to show up where we’re needed and keep social justice at the forefront. Whether we’re in the streets or in the board rooms, we’ll utilize all approaches toward an end to state violence.

To keep up our work, we HAVE to be independent of big money agendas. As we celebrate time with family, Will you give at least $5/month to the cause and help us find 1,000 people to do the same?

PEOPLE POWER brought us, and it is your PEOPLE POWER that keeps us on our road to freedom.

All Power to the PEOPLE!!!

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