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"“Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more pressure, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action." — A. Philip Randolph |
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Good afternoon, everyone. It's taken us a few days to recover from one of the hardest weekends we've faced as a city and as a people. For a lot of black folks, the Rayshard Brooks murder was another drop in a bucket that spilled over years ago. The good news is that we can be the generation that puts this unjust and unaccountable system of policing into the history books. I'm proud to let y'all know that MADSA haven't been polite bystanders to history this week: we've been organizing on the streets, educating the public, and fighting in the halls of power. We have been active, visible, and vocal in a way the entire country can emulate: |
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MADSA's Defund And Abolish Police Event Saturday. About 150 people showed up to listen as we talked about police abolition: we talked about the history, the urgency, discussed common objections, and gave people concrete actions they could take at a local and state level, along with specific calls to action for women and transgender people whose needs often get ignored in activist circles.
Our attendees didn't just listen, they participated and shared their own stories in smaller breakout groups.
We're making activists across this city, people who are better prepared to talk to friends, relatives and co-workers about abolition. |
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MADSA Day Of Budget ACTION On Monday.
This week, MADSA turned out in a show of force at the Georgia Capitol, Atlanta City Hall, and the Fulton County Government Building.
Atlanta and Fulton are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a police force and “justice” system that do more to oppress Black people than keep anyone safe. |
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Would You Like Us To Do More Events Like This? |
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If you personally think it's cool that people of color in the chapter are organizing explicitly socialist responses to our current crisis - and leading a vocal alternative to the limp reforms being offered by the Mayor's office - help us buy equipment and materials so we can spread the word. |
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None of this is possible without you. There are a lot of chapters that are meeting this moment by circulating petitions and asking for retweets.
All of that is good, but your support meant that during a national crisis, MADSA could do more - we could gather coalitions, educate Atlantans, and confront power directly.
It cost us a couple hundred bucks to do this abolition demonstration, we were able to borrow materials from coalition partners. If we raise $600 or so, we can get our own audio equipment and other BIPOC organizers can come to us for support. Sound good? |
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How Can You Participate?
Please join us June 20 at noon for a one hour virtual (online) session on the current moment and the protest response put on by Metro Atlanta DSA. This session will let members know ways to participate in the ongoing protests for Black Lives and police accountability. Please attend if you are taking part in the protests or would like to become involved.
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Monday Is A Big Day.
Just Transition for Georgia is meeting at 7PM. The NAACP dropped an snapshot of energy justice that was very inpsiring and we're going to be talking about specific strategies for building a democratic energy system. We're reading "Are Prisons Obsolete?" by Angela Davis on June 27th. To keep everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic we’ll continue to meet online via Zoom.
Links to join the Zoom meeting will be made available via Facebook message to everyone who’s interested/attending, as well as the Reading-Discussion Metro Atlanta Slack channel right before the meeting.
https://www.facebook.com/events/280188433341638/ LOCAL. ELECTIONS. STILL. MATTER. The Local Electoral WG is going to meet and decompress after one of the most dramatic primaries in the history of the state. They'll be looking at making endorsements and statements of support for the fall. Tamara Johnson-Shealey is going to drop by to discuss her campaign for US Senate as well, and if you've never heard her or heard of her, she is worth the time. |
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National Weekend Of Action |
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#ATL family! Come celebrate black folks with us THIS COMING FRIDAY, June 19 for a Juneteenth Caravan in South Atlanta. We here at Project South and the Hunger Coalition of Atlanta know that y’all are busy fighting hard as hell to demand our freedom. We want to also take a moment to celebrate our folx and communities, and encourage each other to KEEP FIGHTING. Let’s take that moment to (safely) be with each other in JOY. This is for #NinaPop. This is for #TonyMcDade. This is for #GeorgeFloyd. This is especially for you, #RayshardBrooks. |
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Caravan For South Atlanta! |
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#ATL family! Come celebrate black folks with us THIS COMING FRIDAY, June 19 for a Juneteenth Caravan in South Atlanta.
We here at Project South and the Hunger Coalition of Atlanta know that y’all are busy fighting hard as hell to demand our freedom. We want to also take a moment to celebrate our folx and communities, and encourage each other to KEEP FIGHTING. Let’s take that moment to (safely) be with each other in JOY. This is for #NinaPop. This is for #TonyMcDade. This is for #GeorgeFloyd. This is especially for you, #RayshardBrooks. |
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Join Us On Slack. |
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If you’re a member you’ve got access to the slack channel - there’s no faster way to get plugged in to committees and working groups. We definitely need your time and energy more than ever, whether it’s contacting other members or elected officials, serving as a mediator, or even making posts like this one.
Our ability to labor for each other makes us an unstoppable force, and now it’s time for you to join the winning team. |
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