ENJAN is sponsoring a gathering to celebrate, learn, and discuss the Right To Know Act today, Thursday, July 30, at 6:30 PM at Earline Patrice Park (formerly Mansion Square Park), 165 Mansion Street, Poughkeepsie.
The City of Poughkeepsie just passed the Right To Know Act (RTKA) which will require City of Poughkeepsie police officers to identify themselves, explain the reason for the stop, and provide a business card. Join us t learn more about this campaign and your rights, and to discuss local police reform moving forward. Wear your mask, and bring something to sit on.
Pleasant Valley march (thanks, Shannon)
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Thank you for your advocacy related to Pleasant Valley march on July 18th. I’m writing to inform you that your calls for advocacy have worked.
At the August 6 meeting of the Dutchess County Legislature’s Public Safety Committee the
Public Safety Committee of Dutchess County Legislature August 6, 5:30 pm A link is here to watch it virtually (because of COVID, the public is not in attendance and many legislators are joining by Zoom). |
From a report given by John Lewis to SNCC in 1965 (thanks to Ben Mabie)
"It matters not whether it is in Angola, Mozambique, Southwest Africa or Mississippi, Alabama, Goergia, and Harlem. The Struggle is one of the same. . Call it what you may - racial segregation, social, economic and political exploitation, or what the Freedom Fighters in South Africa are demanding an end to. . .imperialism and colonialism. It is a struggle against a vicious and evil system that is controlled nad kept in order for and by a few white men throughout the world."
From a report given by John Lewis to SNCC in 1965
https://www.crmvet.org/docs/650200_sncc_lewis_staffmeeting.pdf
Keep up the pressure
Dear friends,
Thank you so much for writing Dutchess County's legislators to urge that bonds for the new jail project be rescinded. Over 500 people emailed us, almost as many more signed petitions, and the chair said he answered 55 phone calls. We've never seen anything close to that level of public input.
As you may know, the Republican majority didn't heed our pleas. The Budget Committee voted to keep the bond authorization (the 8 Republicans voted for, the 4 Democrats against). The result is very disappointing, but there are several steps we can take.
First, we encourage everyone to keep up the pressure and continue to contact the County Executive, urging him to reconsider or at least scale back the jail project. The bonds are not yet issued and the county is not obligated to issue or spend the full amount. ...
- Democratic caucus, Dutchess Co. legislature
GUEST: Kwame Holmes, PhD, Scholar in Residence, Human Rights Program, Bard College
Activist Radio has the following guest on this week:
GUEST: Kwame Holmes, PhD, Scholar in Residence, Human Rights Program, Bard College, and author of numerous articles about race and LGBTQ rights, talks about Black Lives Matter and how local actions can create lasting change.Activist Radio is broadcast: Thursdays 5-6 pm from WVKR 91.3 FM at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Sundays 4-5 pm from WIOF 104.1 FM in Woodstock, NY; and Sundays 5-6 pm from the Progressive Radio Network at PRN.FM. It will also be posted on the ClassWars website for the next ten weeks. Simply click on the date to hear it.
Thanks,
Fred
Activist Radio
https://www.classwars.org
https://www.chronogram.com/author/kwame-holmes
Black Lives, Black Freedom & the Indivisibility of Justice
The first conversation will be held a week from today, on Tuesday, July 21, 10 am PST, 1pm EST, 8pm Lebanon and Palestine. These conversations will also be streamed live on the Facebook page of AMED and Al-Adab.
As Mayor of Minneapolis, I Saw How White Liberals Block Change
"The not fully said bottom line of his [police officer's] message was clear: White liberals like me ask the police to do our dirty work — dealing with the racial and economic inequities our policies create. Normally, we turn a blind eye to the harsh methods that many of them use to achieve our goal of order, pretend that isn’t what we’ve done and then act surprised when their tough-guy behavior goes viral and gets renewed scrutiny.
Whatever else you want to say about police officers, they know — whether they articulate it neatly or not — that we are asking them to step into a breach left by our bad policies. The creation of more-just systems won’t guarantee the prevention of atrocities. But the status quo in cities, created by white liberals, invites brutal policing."
Whatever else you want to say about police officers, they know — whether they articulate it neatly or not — that we are asking them to step into a breach left by our bad policies. The creation of more-just systems won’t guarantee the prevention of atrocities. But the status quo in cities, created by white liberals, invites brutal policing."
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