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Reparations: a process of repairing, healing and restoring a people injured because of their group identity and in violation of their fundamental human rights by governments, corporations, institutions and families. As the House holds it’s Hearing on HR 40, we take a look at the history that brings us to this point. . . . → Read More: Reparations: A Very Basic Primer 
81.6 percent of police stops in the District of Columbia between 2010 and 2016 involved Black people. 89 percent of use-of-force incidents by police involved a Black individuals from Oct. 1, 2016 through Sept. 30, 2017. . . . → Read More: Is It Time to End Stop and Frisk? 
Metro Police Department’s Violence, Recklessness, and Lack of Accountability Requires Immediate, Substantive Action from Elected Officials. After the killings of D’Quan Young and Jeffrey Price what will the D.C. City Council do to change police culture? . . . → Read More: District Police Officer Shoots Wildly, Kills One 
On August 27, 2015, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser publicly unveiled her plan to reduce violent crime in a press conference at the shuttered Malcolm X Elementary School in Ward 8. The rate of homicides within the District has been on the rise. To counter it, Mayor Bowser has proposed a series of initiatives with a focus on cracking down on crime and enhancing police authority. Highlights of the speech can be found in the video shot and edited by Joshua Rose Schmidt below. Her plan may sound reasonable to many who legitimately fear the rise in violent crime, but it did little to assuage those who have every reason to fear the police. Bowser claims that her plan will make Black Lives Matter more than just a hashtag. What the mayor fails to recognize is that Black Lives Matter is in fact a movement that recognizes that police misconduct and brutality are ongoing, systemic problems whose history begins long before the advent of the cell phone video. Those within the movement believe that doubling down on techniques that have failed in the past will not solve the problem now. Black Lives Matter activist and founder of the Stop Police Terror Project, Eugene Puryear has a plan that should be considered by the mayor and anyone who wants to see an end to murders committed by the police and murders committed by citizens. Download a pdf of Stop Police Terror Project DC’s alternative plan here: Response to Bowser’s Anti-Crime Plan Fact Sheet For more information about the Black Lives Matter Movement in the District of Columbia check out the following links: https://www.facebook.com/stoppoliceterrorprojectdc https://www.facebook.com/BLACKLIVESMATTERDMV http://blacklivesmatter.com/ The National Black United Front DC Chapter is also working on this issue and any number of organizations active within the communities most impacted by crime such as the Family and Friends of Incarcerated People and The Reentry Network for Returning Citizens. 
Posted on behalf of Black Lives Matter DMV These next 3 weeks are going to be very busy for the Movement for Black Lives here in DC. We get a lot of asks about how to get involved in the movement and the short answer is show up! At almost every event there is an announcement of the next one. Show up, meet people, move up when people call for support, bring your friends to the next one. The movement for Black Lives is beautifully diverse and fundamentally a call for ending all forms of oppression because Black people are affected by them all. It is a call for collective liberation so there is a place and a role for everyone. There are also places set aside just for Black people. If you are not Black, don’t be offended if you see *this is a Black Only Space* and respect the intentions for the space. Know that there are plenty other spaces that could use your talents and energy. We need thousands of collaborators to build the next stage of the movement. #GetInWhereYouFitIn 0. Read the Guiding principles: http://wellexaminedlife.com/…/movement-for-black-lives-gui…/ 1. Come to Trans Liberation Tuesday 8/25/15 Support #BlackTransWomen. Stop the violence and the silence https://www.facebook.com/events/895465170508465/ 2. Come to the Black Lives Matter Spokescouncil Wednesday 26th This is great place for join the movement, meet people and see what you or your organization can contribute. https://www.facebook.com/events/121364371543545/ 3. Come to the “Week” of Action. September 1st-11th. The BLM Spokescouncil will be hosting nearly two weeks of action throughout the beginning of September. Keep your eyes open. 4. Follow Black Lives Matter DMV https://www.facebook.com/BLACKLIVESMATTERDMV And sign up to their list here: http://www.blacklivesmatterdmv.org/join-the-movement/ 5. Follow Stop Police Terror Project DC https://www.facebook.com/stoppoliceterrorprojectdc?fref=ts SPTP [DC]’s shut down’s and rallies are great places to learn more about the movement and meet people who are involved. 6. Join or Support Black Youth Project [BYP] 100. http://byp100.org/ BYP 100 is a national organization with chapters in cities across the country. BYP is on the front lines of the movement for Black Lives, working to end state sanctioned violence against Black people through a Black Queer Feminist Lens. 7. Join a solidarity group. Visit the Washington Peace Center’s solidarity page for links and contacts for various BLM Solidarity Groups in DC. http://www.washingtonpeacecenter.org/node/15405 8. Radical Structural Change, like Radical Cultural Change, takes time and masses of people. The #struggleisreal as is spiritual and emotional trauma. Take care of yourself, take care of your friends, take care of your community and keep coming out! #StayWoke — with Helga Herz and 4 others. |
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