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This Friday, June 19th is Juneteenth - A celebration of the end of Slavery. What we achieved in America was an end of a lot of the overt racism which turned into stystemic racism for decades.
The recent world wide protests demand no justice, no peace. These words came out of NAN (National Ac tion Network) headed by Rev Sharpton. What is different this time is the cry for "Black Lives Matter" has taken on a worldwide voice from all races. In this age of cell phones and camera's everywhere these horid events are being filmed and posted on social media in real time. This is indeed a revolution,. the question is - will we accomplish enough change to rightt some of the wrong which has been done to Black Peo ple for decades. Conscientiousness has been raised. Now that every one knows better, will we do better?
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COMMUNITY Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Alleged Murder
By Gail Berkley, The Sun Reporter
For Black Lives to get to the point of conMatter co-found versation that we’re in.” er Alicia Garza “I was horrified,” the global outpouring Garza said of viewing of protests and activism the video of Floyd’s life following the alleged being taken by a white murder of George Floyd police officer with his while in Minneapolis knee on Floyd’s neck. police custody has been “Every time a Black per heartening and makes son is murdered by poher hopeful for the fu lice there is something ture. At the same time, disturbing about it.” She she said, “It’s bittersweet added, said in this case, that it takes someone be “just the callousness of ing murdered on camera it; and him calling for his
Brooklyn “Black Lives Matter” Street Painting in BedStuy
Legislators, artists, and volunteers painted 28-foot tall letters spanning a 375-foot-long stretch of Fulton Street in Restoration Plaza this weekend.
City Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr., who represents Bed-Stuy, led the project along with the Billie Holiday Theatre.
Other public figures who helped make the mural
a reality, include: Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte, Assemblymember Tremaine Wright, Attorney General Letitia James, Rev. Al Sharpton, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzales, the Honorable Annette Robinson (AD56), Director Spike Lee and President of the Brooklyn Alumnae Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Chapter, Shawna Myles. mother. There’s just so much in there that’s hor rifying. It’s just a brutal reminder of how Black lives don’t matter in this country.”
Garza, of Oakland, is Strategy and Part nerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Principal at the Black Futures Lab.
Seeing Black Lives Matter (BLM) signs held by protestors in all 50 states, including in many small towns with few Black residents, Garza said, “It’s humbling to see it and to have been a small part of it.” She is heartened that people are awakening.
Garza said she is also pleased that many ce lebrities who have large platforms are using them now to push for change. She said the Black Fu tures Lab has a strategy for helping celebrities to use their platforms for the movement. “When they use their platforms to activate people, it’s an important way to save our democracy. It makes us active and engaged participants.”
“I got to take over Selena Gomez’ Insta gram last week. It was awesome.” She said
people are really hungry for information. “We’ve been doing a lot of work and talk about what’s going on. When folk like Selena do that, it engag es people in issues of our time. I plan to work with her through this election cycle.”
Garza said she will also be taking over Lady Gaga’s social me dia in the coming week. “We’re really focused on transferring this energy into political power.”
She said it’s important to change the people who are making the rules and those who aren’t enforc ing the rules. She cited as an example the elec tion in Georgia this week where voters in predom inantly Black areas waited hours to vote. Movement for Black Lives is not just about police violence. It’s about how Black lives are deval ued. Black Lives Matter is for an opportunity for us to recognize and up hold the right to humanity and dignity for Black people. She said Black people also have to work “to remove the negatives we’ve internalized about ourselves.”
She said the millions joining protests follow ing the alleged murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Auberry and Breonna Taylor were sparked by, “a powder keg waiting to happen.”
“People are mad about a lot of stuff. We’re all tender right now. It’s an election year. We find ourselves in a global pan demic. The lack of human touch… and being able to gather. Because of that we also have the expansion of an eco nomic crisis. Not only are people trying to stay healthy, they’re trying to pay their bills.”
“What we can all agree on is that policing is not serving the people that they’re supposed to serve. When we’re afraid of the police that’s not serving. Whenever I see tanks, rubber bullets, and tear gas being used — We pay for that. Are we keeping people safe? We’ve been defunding the Black community for a long time.”
“Defund the Police” is a controversial slogan that has been held by some protestors. Garza said that slogan comes from the Movement for Black Lives, a coali tion that includes BLM. “This work is something many organizations have been doing for many years,” she said.
“It’s really about get ting a handle on how we’re spending our money.” She cited the fact that education funds have been cut, the postal service is near bankrupt, and thousands of home less are living on the streets.
She said what she supports is “limiting the size, scope and role po lice play in our communities. Police also need consequences when harm is enacted. Police unions are a huge, huge issue. They block trans parency for officers.”
Speaking of another campaign that’s getting national attention Proj ect Zero’s “8 that Can’t Wait,” Garza cautioned, “We have to be wary of things that are a quick fix.”
She said, “8 Can’t Wait doesn’t deal with the real issue here, no body should be above the law.”
“Public safety is not about bloated police budgets. It’s about ex panding the safety net for Black people,” she concluded.
