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The People’s Rally, March, and Conference—Save Our Schools Coalition July 8-9, 2016
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00Reverend Doctor William Barber II is the President of the North Carolina NAACP and convener of the Historic Thousands on Jones Street (HKonJ) Peoples Assembly Coalition, We are gathered here today as we the people are unified in a common cause drawn by [...]
The People’s March For Public Education and Social Justice
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00Save Our Schools Coalition March and Rally and Activists Conference The People’s March For Public Education and Social JusticeThe March and Rally Take Place at The Lincoln Memorial[/tile] Friday, July 8, 2016 10:30 a.m. – Pre-Rally festivities on the big stage and in [...]
Open Letter of Demand to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Administrators in Response to Anti-Black Threat and Terror on Campus
standing with heR2016-11-29T17:39:09-05:00Dear Interim Chancellor Wilson, Interim Vice Chancellor Feser, and Vice Chancellor Romano, Today, November 18, 2015, marked the National Day of Action, #StudentBlackOut, in which Black students organized dozens of actions on university and college campuses throughout the US and in Canada. Black University of Illinois [...]
Why The Edmund Pettus Bridge Must Be Renamed
Hank Sanders, Senator2016-11-29T17:39:10-05:00The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a symbol of freedom all over the world. It is also a symbol of voting rights and democracy. However, the very name stands for the exact opposite. Symbols are powerful. Symbols enter into our conscious and subconscious without our screening them. [...]
When a Compromise Is Not a Compromise “The Hunger Strike Continues!” #WeAreDyett
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00Once again Chicago Public schools has demonstrated that they don’t respect community voice, they don’t respect the voice of black parents, young people and community residents. And do not have the highest expectations for our children. We don't only have "leaders" who betray the people [...]
A Candlelight Vigil in the #FightForDyett — Day 16 [Videos]
empathy2017-02-14T14:42:39-05:00It has been a long and arduous journey, this Journey for Justice. It began in 1999. It is no wonder that the hunger strikers today are tired. Not only is there the physical strain of going without food, the emotional drain of [...]
Health Professionals Challenge Mayor Emanuel to End Hunger Strike #WeAreDyett
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00On August 17th Chicago parents embarked on a Journey For Justice, Education Justice. After more than fifteen years of struggle, the people felt determined to secure moral justness. Twelve parents from communities across Chicago launched a hunger strike in front of Dyett High School. Dyett [...]
Parents and Allies Launch a Hunger Strike #FightForDyett Videos
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00UPDATE: By Jitu Brown | Originally Published at Facebook. August 17, 2015 | #fightfordyett #wearedyett Good morning brothers and sisters. This is Day 3 of our HUNGER STRIKE for Dyett Global Leadership and Green Technology High School. We are united in purpose, for Black children in [...]