San Francisco Speak-out for Rise Up October, September 26
October 2, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
On Saturday, September 26, 80 people came to the Unitarian Universalist Church in San Francisco to hear Carl Dix and Pastor Jerome McCorry speak on the issue of mass incarceration and the importance of the Rise Up October mass mobilization in New York City to demand an end to police murder. Families of people killed by police were also in the house and spoke with deep feeling and urgency about what they have faced and the need to end these outrages. More than $500 was raised to help send families of people killed by police to the actions in New York.
Videos from the event are available on this Youtube page.
From left: Uncle Bobby (Cephus Johnson), uncle of Oscar Grant, killed by Bay Area Rapid Transit Police January 1, 2009; Angela Naggie, mother of O’Shaine Evans, killed by San Francisco police October 7, 2014; Gabrielle McCarter, wife of Rev. David McCarter, killed by Jasper Newton County, Texas sheriffs; Cadine Williams, sister of O’Shaine Evans; Chemika Hollis, partner of Nate Wilks, killed by Oakland police August 12, 2015; Carey Downs, father of James Rivera, Jr, killed by Stockton police July 22, 2010.
Left: Carl Dix in conversation with civil rights attorney Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia. Right: Rev. Jerome McCorry
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