A new message from your friends at People For the American Way.

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PFAW Member,

George Floyd is nationwide news. Not for the reasons that he deserved,
like the fact that he was a kind father and dedicated to helping the
downtrodden – but because a now-former Minneapolis police officer kneeled
on his neck until he stopped breathing. Floyd was murdered by a police
officer while three other police officers watched.

This is a tragedy. But it is a product of the systemic anti-Black racism
that historically permeates America, as a society and a culture. The
protests that have emerged across the country in the wake of this
injustice are an expression of frustration that crimes like this keep
happening without any tangible change.

The news is still progressing, but so far, that police officer has been
arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
Investigations regarding the other police officers at the scene are still
ongoing.^1

It's not enough.

Charging one person with one murder is not enough to topple the culture of
white supremacy that is endemic to America’s justice systems, to its
economic systems, to its very foundations. Charging one person with murder
is not enough to heal the constantly reopening wounds of the Black
community as they bear witness to avoidable tragedies like this over and
over again. Charging one person with murder is not enough to fix this
problem.

And, to be sure, there is no simple fix. Racism and white supremacy are
not only part of our country’s history – they’re in its DNA... but the
American VALUES that WE fight for demand that we make dismantling that
racism a top priority.

All non-Black Americans – and especially white Americans – must commit to
learning and embodying the principles of anti-racism, and to working to
dismantle the systems of oppression that are deeply woven into every
aspect of our daily lives.

In this challenging time, organizations that work to advance racial equity
and combat structural racism and police brutality need your support. Here
are a few organizations to donate or volunteer with:

[ [link removed] ]Communities United Against Police Brutality is a Minneapolis and St.
Paul area community resistance group that empowers local communities to
challenge structural inequality and police brutality.

[ [link removed] ]Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc. works to organize and mobilize in
response to anti-Black violence and structural inequality.

[ [link removed] ]Center for Policing Equity produces data and research to pinpoint
evidence-based solutions to problems of bias and policing to reform law
enforcement agencies.

[ [link removed] ]Color of Change aims to motivate decisionmakers in corporations and
government to create policy solutions to systemic problems of racial
justice by mobilizing digital organizers across the country.

[ [link removed] ]The Sentencing Project works to advance a fair criminal justice system
by reforming sentencing policy that disproportionately impacts Black
communities, addressing racial disparities and practices, and advocating
for alternatives to incarceration and prisons.

Join us in the work to integrate anti-racism in every part of our lives.
We need to do this together.

In solidarity,

– Sarah and the entire PFAW Team

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[1] [ [link removed] ]“George Floyd Updates: Former Minneapolis Officer Is Charged With
Murder.” (The New York Times, 05/29/2020.)

 

 


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