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JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD & TONY MCDADE AND ALL BLACK LIVES

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance joins community voices from across North
America and around the world collectively condemning the murders of George
Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tony McDade in Tallahassee, Florida,
Breonna Taylor in Kentucky, Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and so many more Black
lives lost to white racial violence, police militarism, and structural
racism in the United States. We stand with our family in Minneapolis, and
the youth on the frontlines who have taken to the streets to demand true
justice and system change.

> " As we bear the wounds of a murdering virus COVID 19, we also bear the
> lynchings of unarmed innocent Black people by police and vigilantes. The
> pandemic isn't just COVID, the pandemic is white supremacy, police and
> prisons, capitalism, militarism, colonialism, patriarchy and mass
> displacement. Now more than ever we should be supporting Black-led
> organizing to defund the police, abolish prisons, and build communities
> of collective care not cops and cages. The revolution is draped in
> righteous anger and resilient dignity! We will not be stopped!"
>
> —SIWATU SALAMA-RA, GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE AND THE FREEDOM
> TEAM
>
> " There is a long history of resistance to police violence in Minneapolis
> and St. Paul. Of course, the recent police murders of Philando Castile
> and Jamar Clark are widely known, but the list goes back for decades.
> Time and again the Black community has fought back while bearing the
> brunt of police brutality in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. These
> are the Cities that present a liberal face in the midst of the dirty
> underbelly of bad education, economic dispossession, criminal injustice,
> deep health and environmental disparities in Black communities. And now
> there is George Floyd, another police killing. The fissures are wide
> open. The rebellion is on."
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> —ROSE BREWER, ACTIVIST SCHOLAR WITH AFRO-ECO AND LEADER IN GGJ

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TOMORROW -- SATURDAY, MAY 30TH, 10AM PT/ 1PM ET  join the Movement For
Black Live’s National Call to Action “In Defense of Black Life” [4]
to hear from organizers in Minneapolis and across the country. This call is
led by and centered for Black people, but also open to others.

Learn the Demands! Take Action!

_M4BL National Call: In Defense of Black Life Registration Link_:
BIT.LY/M4BLCALL2ACTION [4]

Register HERE [4]

We join our members across the country in taking to the streets in these
critical mass actions today, including the powerful action pictures from
today in front of the Detroit Police Department headquarters and live
facial recognition center. More members are planning actions through the
weekend and on June 1st, including the on-going People’s Strike. [5]

We also lift up the lessons from so many movement forces, including
Anti-Police Terror Project [6]who have released the Emergency Communique on
George Floyd’s murder [7]—A safety plan for the People with information
on how to stay safe and healthy even in these moments when we also need to
step into action.

_IN ADDITION TO JOINING ACTIONS, PLEASE DONATE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT
THE FAMILY OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE NATIONAL BAIL FUND TO SUPPORT BLACK-LED
ACTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY._

DONATE TO THE OFFICIAL GEORGE FLOYD MEMORIAL FUND  [8]
DONATE TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE: MOVEMENT AND LEGAL FUND [9]

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Support Local Demands

The Minneapolis Police Department, like other police departments throughout
the United States, has a historically notorious and racist track record. It
would be wrong to view the murder of George Floyd as one singular event,
rather the product (result) of systemic racism. Local organizers in
Minneapolis are calling on the Minneapolis City Council to become visionary
leaders by pledging to defund the Minneapolis Police Department and invest
in the resources that really keep us safe and healthy, especially in Black
communities, Indigenous communities and communities of color.

Sign Reclaim the Block’s [11]petition today: Bit.ly/DefundMPD [10]

GGJ Member About Face: Veterans Against War [12] has also issued an open
letter [13] to the Minnesota National Guard to Stand Down for Black Lives
and refuse the call to deploy. “A moral choice lies before you. As
veterans who have faced similar tests of conscience, only to realize too
late that we chose wrong, we cannot stress enough the impact this decision
will have on the rest of your life.”

If you, or someone you know, are considering refusing activation orders to
deploy to Minneapolis, contact the GI Rights Hotline: [14] 1-877-447-4487
OR VISIT GIRIGHTSHOTLINE.ORG. It’s run by civilians and offers free,
confidential counseling and information.

MORE READINGS AND INFO:

- Amid Minneapolis Uprising, Anti-War Veterans Call on National Guard to
Stand Down [15]

- National Black Justice Coalition Statement mourning Tragic Death of Tony
McDade by Police [16]

- Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Transport George Floyd Protesters to
Jail [17]

- “Let my building burn, Justice needs to be served, put those officers
in jail.” [18]

- Minneapolis Public School system to vote on terminating contract with
city’s police [19]

- Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Group letter to Minneapolis Police
regarding George Floyd [20]

JOIN US

Contact Ramon Mejia or Siwatu Salama-Ra to get involved in GGJ’s
Anti-Militarism Work Group and continue building this movement together.



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