Rockford, IL, June 13, 2020: DefundRPD CareNotCops Block Party and Teach In

DefundRPD CareNotCops Block Party and Teach In

Hey ya’ll,

On Saturday, we will be hosting a socially-distanced #DefundRPD Teach-in and Block Party from 12pm to 10pm at Haskell Park. We intend it as an educational and community event as there is a need for community learning in Rockford about police and prison abolition, black history, the black revolutionary struggle, the history of the RPD’s brutality and the Winnebago County Jail. We also hope it strengthens the relationships that we have formed in the streets. We want a free store and a free library to support the community in these hard times.

What we need from ya’ll to support is this…

Food for people to eat during the event
Masks and gloves
Water
Chairs
Books and zines to be donated to a free library (black history, radical history, anything about black radicalism, political theory, abolition, prison struggle, skills)
Seeds for a seed drive for a free store
Clothes for a clothing drive for a free store
Non perishable food to be donated to a free store

We plan to have most of these things ourselves but we’d appreciate any help that you can give.

Please contact us at our email at 2020RYA@protonmail.com if you would like to present (please tell us about what), donate any of these items or do a monetary donation. If that doesn’t work, hit our inbox.

We encourage everyone except for the police and police sympathizers to attend. We aren’t asking politicians to speak publicly but we’d encourage them to come as private residents.

#NoCopZone #Abolition #DefundRPD #FoodNotCops