Five years after Ferguson and we're still fighting for justice.
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John,
5 years ago, Mike Brown's body was left for 4 hours in the middle of the
road after being murdered by a rogue police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
The palpable outrage felt across the nation turned into one of the most
powerful uprisings against Black oppression in recent times. Black people
across the nation joined a powerful movement to stand up against police
brutality, systemic oppression, political corruption, and white supremacy.
The weeks-long Ferguson Protests inspired an entire generation of people
and put on display Black peoples’ resiliency and willingness to put our
bodies on the line for justice. Regular folks became freedom fighters that
day. Ferguson is a historic moment that follows in the legacy of civil
rights fights like the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Bloody Sunday in Selma, and
the Chicago Freedom Movement. These pivotal points in civil rights history
were times when Black people rallied against institutionalized violence
caused by centuries of segregation, inequality, and state-sanctioned
violence. The fire that the nation felt from Black people during the
Ferguson Protests is still burning and the movement continues.
[ [link removed] ]Chip in $3 to continue the fight for justice.
We fought to turn Ferguson from a moment to a movement. We fought to
unseat Bob McCulloch, the prosecutor who failed to press charges against
the officer who murdered Mike Brown in St. Louis. Wesley Bell, a Black
reform-minded prosecutor now sits in that position and a new wave of
district attorneys running on reform platforms across the country have
been elected to office. We’ve successfully been fighting to hold all of
them accountable to the promises they made to Black people during their
campaigns.
While we have accomplished so much, we still have so much further to go.
Our vision at Color Of Change is guided by the resiliency and efforts of
activists, organizers, and communities in Ferguson. We’re centering Black
women in all the work we do by fighting for the rights of pregnant women,
Black trans women, and incarcerated Black women. We’re working to hold
elected leaders and politicians accountable to Black people so they know
there are consequences for letting us down. We’re fighting for
incarcerated children just as hard as adults. And we’re exposing
injustices in the criminal legal system at every level so our members have
the tools they need to fight injustices in their own communities.
[ [link removed] ]Your support $3 of will power our collective movement of holding
police, elected leaders, and corporations accountable to Black people.
Will you join us?
In the words of civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, “Freedom is never
given; it is won.” We owe it to the Black people we’ve lost during this
movement to continue fighting and pushing beyond what we think is possible
in the name of Black freedom and justice. We are up against powerful
people who want to stop our movement, so your support is needed to keep
the movement going.
[ [link removed] ]Join and support the movement.
Until justice is real,
--Scott, Rashad, Arisha, Erika, Clarise, Marybeth, Marena, Leonard,
Madison, Tamar, and the rest of the Color of Change team
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