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Durham Freedom Fighters in Court to Fight White Supremacy

Trial begins today for eight defendants in the Confederate statue toppling case. Check out the pre-trial press conference for more!
#DefendDurham #DoItLikeDurham #TakeEmDown

CALL OFFICIALS
Durham County DA Roger Echols: 919.808.3010
Durham Mayor Steve Schewel: 919.560.4333
Durham County Commissioners: 919.560.0025
N.C. Governor Roy Cooper: 919.814.2000
Remember that workers (the class we defend) are answering the phone, so please be empathetic to their situation.
All you have to say is, “Hi, I’m calling from (CITY, STATE). I demand all remaining charges against our anti-racist heroes on trial today in Durham be dropped.”
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MAKE US GO VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Thousands of people around the world have already seen our posts and watched our livestreams and videos, which has prompted solidarity messages from organizations around the world, phone calls jamming up the phone lines of people in power, as well as a flood of financial contributions.
This is what you can do to keep up the momentum:
  1. ​FACEBOOK + TWITTER: ​

    Please share graphics that we will post on the Defend Durham Facebook page and the WWP Twitter account. Please “like” and “follow” these accounts.

  2. ​
    ​FACEBOOK: ​

    Tomorrow, we will be livestreaming

    ​ from 8:15 a.m. ET until about 9 p.m. ET​

    on ​both the Defend Durham Facebook page and the WWP Facebook page. Please ​”like” these pages

    ​. You will then receive Facebook notifications when we go “live.” Share the livestreams tomorrow onto your personal timeline and into Facebook groups to spread the word.​
  3. ​
    ​ALL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS: ​

    Remember to tweet and post

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    from your personal accounts using the hashtag #DefendDurham. You can use #DoItLikeDurham if you have space.

    ​ You can ask people to support the defendants by including doitlikedurham.org in your posts.
  4. TWITTER: Click on the hyperlinked hashtags (#DefendDurham and #DoItLikeDurham) and retweet posts you see today and will see tomorrow.

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@ Durham County Courthouse, Durham, N.C. 2/19/18 / Photos: WI BOPM

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