All Out for October 22: National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
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Uncle Bobby at Fruitvale Station, uncle of Oscar Grant, killed by BART police on January 1, 2009:
"If you'are tired of living in a society like this that has disrespected and have ill regard for the life of a Black and Brown man, you need to stand with us on October 22 to speak to this very injustice..."
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High School Students: Let Your Voice Be Heard—Walk Out and Speak Out!
Mothers Cry for Justice, Iris Baez & Juanita Young, whose sons were both murdered by the NYPD call on people to join the October Month of Resistance and take the streets on October 22nd!
Tynisha Ellis-Hadnot, sister of Barry Montgomery who was brutally beaten by police in Compton, Ca. calls for October 22:
Reverend Frank Wulf from the United University Church, Los Angeles on why he plans to march on October 22:
"Next Wednesday, October 22, 2014, there will be a march in downtown Los Angeles to protest Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation. I plan to be at this march, because I believe that we have reached a critical moment in our national history when we need to say no to those who have turned our criminal justice system into a new form of domination and racial control. I hope that you will give serious thought and prayer to being there as well....The religious community must be well-represented at this event. I encourage you and members of your faith community to take time out of your day on October 22 to be a part of this vitally important opportunity to make our voice known as we say "No more!" This is a crucial moment and our voices are tremendously important."
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The members and pastor First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th Street, invites all faith communities, students, and the community to join with them, Wednesday, October 22nd at 12:30 PM at the steps of the First Unitarian Church, to march together to Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th and Broadway to be part of the National Day of Protest against police brutality at 1 PM.
Garfield high school students in Seattle, Washington getting the word out about O22:
Carl Dix, from the Revolutionary Communist Party and co-founder of the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, calling on students to organize for O22 at Columbia University
October 10, University of California, Berkeley, at a symposium, “Speak Out and Call to Action: Stop Mass Incarceration, Police Terror, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation,” attended by 175 people, a representative from Students Call for October 22:
Tef Po calls for O22 at FergusonOctober
2,000 people marched and rallied in Ferguson, Missouri on Saturday, October 11 to demand JUSTICE—for Michael Brown and an END to police murder, brutality and racial profiling. At the end of the rally poet Tef Po told the crowd, “we got a lot of work to do now” and went on to say, “For those of you who don’t know, October 22 is the national day of action against police brutality. Let me say that one more time. October 22 is the National Day of ACTION—DAY OF ACTION, ACTION against police brutality. It’s not the day of watch your TV. It’s not the day to sit at home. It’s not the day of clipping our toe nails. It’s not the day of watering the grass. It’s a day of ACTION on a NATIONAL LEVEL against police brutality. So what that means is we need you to take this energy back home, take it back home, harness it, think about it, marinate in it, feel inspired, feel motivated, go home and turn your city out.”
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