Our Featured Social Justice Panel at Blackout Music & FilmFestival Features Black Lives Matter C

Our Featured Social Justice Panel at Blackout Music & FilmFestival Features Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors, ACLU LawyerPeter Bibring, Black Lives Matter Activist Ashley Yates, Urban Cusp FounderRahiel Tesfamariam, The Root Associate Editor Danielle C. Belton, Artist DamonDavis and Executive Director of the White House Initiative on EducationalExcellence for African Americans David Johns. Presented by ACLU SoCal and BlackLives Matter, the Panel Will Be Moderated by UCLA Professor Dr. Marcus Hunter: http://bit.ly/1NviXBKCheckout The Excellent Articles Below for Insight on Some ofthe Important Issues and Topics that Will Be Discussed:Before Blackout Festival, Make Sure Check Out Panelist DanielleBelton’s Insightful Interviews with Fellow Panelist Ashley Yates and PatrisseCullors on the #BlackLivesMatter Movement, Ferguson and More: http://bit.ly/1NiOZUw viaThe RootFrom Walter Scott to Oscar Grant, the Importance of Filming thePolice Is Essential In Our Efforts to Hold Police Accountable and Our Fight forJustice. Download ACLU California’s Mobile Justice App here: http://bit.ly/1PyiqQS and Read Fast Company’s Article on theApp here: http://bit.ly/1MBRJfV“‘Black Lives Matter.’ For the past nine months, this rallyingcry has permeated street corners, protests, tweets, news conferences, and eventhe cover of Time Magazine. Last August, the killing of 18-year-oldMichael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer kick-started the effortsof activists protesting against police brutality and violence. By now, thenames Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray have becomesynonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement. But solely focusing on theirstories has come at the expense of another group affected by police violence:black women. Here’s Why You Should Care: African American women are three timesmore likely to be incarcerated than their white counterparts, and young blackgirls are suspended from school at six times the rate of their white femalepeers. Add to that the increased risk of poverty, violence, and sexual assault,and it’s clear that African American girls are not all right.” Take Part: http://bit.ly/1KIcpyl“When you are an American, you’re born into this. And there areyoung black people who folks on TV are dismissing as thugs and all sorts ofother words (I know the mayor apologized, I want to acknowledge that), butpeople who are being dismissed as thugs—these people live lives ofincomprehensible violence.” Continue Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Article:http://theatln.tc/1EXUWl7 via The Atlantic“Recent events across the country have demonstrated that policemurders, sexual assault and harassment continue with impunity. The fight forjustice for families devastated by police who murder their loved ones is hardfought. As we struggle to fight for justice for loved ones like Freddie Gray,Tamir Rice, and Rashod McIntosh, we cannot forget, and must fight fiercely forMya Hall, Aiyana Jones, and Rekia Boyd. The police harass, abuse, murder and donot discriminate based on gender or sexuality.” Black Youth Project: http://bit.ly/1MrD2c8“On May 20, 2015 the African American Policy Forum, the Centerfor Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia University andAndrea Ritchie, Soros Justice Fellow and expert on policing of women and LGBTpeople of color released #SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality Against BlackWomen, a document highlighting stories of Black women who have been killed bypolice and shining a light on forms of police brutality often experienced bywomen such as sexual assault.” Please Read this Important Report: http://bit.ly/1cR27AO viaAAPF“Tanisha Anderson. Rekia Boyd. Miriam Carey. Michelle Cusseaux.Shelly Frey. Kayla Moore. These names are etched into tombstones that standover the graves of black women killed by police – and were echoed at a vigil inNew York City on Wednesday, where dozens gathered to show that these womenshould not be forgotten.” Lilly Workneh: http://huff.to/1Bf7lfy via Huffington Post -- source link

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