LIGHT A CANDLE FOR JUSTICE
For Kionte & Countless Others
Come show solidarity with Kionte Spencer’s brother, Carl.
* candles will be provided
* feel free to make & bring your own signs, posters or banners
Saturday, 6.20.20
@ 1pm
4069 Postal Dr,
Roanoke, VA 24018
PDF 11 X 17 POSTER DOWNLOAD: JAIL KILLER COPS Placard 6 16 20
PDF 11 X 17 ‘DEFUND THE POLICE: JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD POSTER DOWNLOAD:
WI BOPM George Floyd Defund The Police Poster June 8 2020
PDF HALF-SHEET LEAFLET DOWNLOAD:
WI BOPM Defund The Police Leaflet June 8 2020
Rally For Racine Planning Committee
Friends – Throughout this pandemic the Moratorium Now Coalition has kept working for justice and kept meeting on line every week. Since the mass uprisings against police terror erupted with the lynching of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery (and others) many of our members have been breaking isolation EVERY DAY to join the Detroit protests. We have raised our banners, printed leaflets, provided our sound system and distributed many printed signs.
ILWU Local 10 marching against police terror on May Day 2015, Oakland, California. | Photo: The Internationalist
By ILWU Local 10
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Coast Longshore Division, representing locals at all 29 West Coast ports, will stop work and lay down their tools on Tuesday, June 9 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific for an 8 minute 46 second collective vigil of silence to honor the memory of George Floyd and all those murdered at the hands of the police. “We must continue the mission for the Disenfranchised, the victims of Systemic Racism and Police Terror,” stated Trent Willis, ILWU Local 10 president.
Operations at ports on the East and Gulf coasts also will be shut down (12 noon to 1 p.m.) as longshore labor from the 65,000-member International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), AFL-CIO, honor the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Walter Scott, among others.
Throughout the United States, workers, organized and unorganized, are joining this historic moment of protest.
“The Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC, AFL-CIO) has a long history of fighting police repression as early as the late 60’s,” explained FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez. “We withstood beatings, arrests, jails from local police departments and county sheriffs. FLOC members tilling the land at nearly 650 farms under union contract will join this act of solidarity.”
Simultaneously, in New York City, the Metro North and building service workers, members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 808, will stop work to join labor’s collective vigil.
”It is important that labor become what it is supposed to be — that is, the vanguard organization of the working class,” stated Chris Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 808. “Labor must step to the forefront of the struggle for justice in America.”
With these actions and more on June 9, labor’s voice will be heard throughout the land!
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Personal tweet by Sara Nelson
ILWU announced a call for all Labor to stop in a 8 min, 46 sec vigil of silence at Noon ET June 9, to honor George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, & victims of police brutality. They state, “all lives will matter when Black lives matter because an injury to one is an injury to all.”
— Sara Nelson
President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (in a personal capacity)
And on June 19:
ILWU will be having a coast wide Shutdown . ( Around both Opposition to Police Violence and other Local Class issues ).A Mass rally will begin at the Port of Oakland 10 am ( Middle Harbor park ) followed by a March and Motorcade to Oscar Grant Plaza 14 th and Broadway. Oakland NOTE This won’t be a Bay Area event only . The Ports of Stockton , Eureka and Sacramento will be closed also and there is a strong possibility that ILWU ers from those areas ( as well as other Trade Unionists and other Supporters ) will be attending the Oakland Rally/ March .
Join Freedom Youth Squad on Tuesday at the Doyle building at 3pm. We love to see young people lead action and being apart of the revolution. Share with family and friends.
Freedom Youth Squad’s Police Free Schools Campaign Demands:
1) Completely remove cops from schools and create accountability measures for when school staff use police to harm students.
2) Invest in the leadership, wellness and creativity of Black youth and youth of color.
3) Use restorative and transformative justice practices instead of punitive punishment.
4) Community control over schools! Let students, parents and trusted adults have real decision making power about schools.
Queer Power Rising: Political Education (PE) & Action
From Stonewall to the current global uprising, we all benefit from rebellion–especially when they are led by Queer folx.
Join us as we continue our PRIDE celebrations with some political education about the Stonewall Uprising and how Black & POC members of the LGBTQI+ community continue to fight for our liberation.
Speakers:
M Adams, Freedom Inc
Damita Brown, Time Bank
June, SEAFN
Zon, Freedom Inc.
Moderator by Mahnker Dahnweih
This week, we’re calling on our community to join us in a week of action where together we will continue to educate ourselves, build community with each other celebrate our work, and fight for #PoliceFreeSchools in Chicago, once and for all. Below, you can find details about actions, workshops and events going on throughout the week:
Sunday, June 14th at 12PM CST, Hyde Park Academy
Graduated March for #DefundCPD and #CopsOutCPS
Join recent CPS graduates, alum, and community members for a march to demand #DefundCPD and #CopsOutCPS.
Monday, June 15th at 5PM CST, Zoom and Facebook Live
The School to Prison Pipeline
A virtual workshop facilitated by Chicago Freedom School about how policing in schools impacts the educational and life outcomes of students of color.
Tuesday, June 16th at 5PM CST, Zoom and Facebook Live
Alternatives to Policing
Calling the police is never the answer – hear directly from students in Chicago about alternatives to policing at this youth led virtual workshop.
Wednesday, June 17th at 5PM CST, Zoom and Facebook Live
#PoliceFreeSchools: National Roundtable
A national roundtable online conversation with organizers across the country leading the fight to remove police from schools.
Thursday, June 18th at 5PM CST, Zoom and Facebook Live
A History of Policing in Schools
When and why were police placed in schools? Join FYSH Youth from the HANA Center as they share background on what the School Resource Officer (SRO) program is.
Friday, June 19th at 5PM CST, Zoom and Facebook Live
CPD out of CPS event
Join Chicago Freedom Schools at their virtual rally for #CPDoutofCPS and celebrate Black youth on Juneteeth.
