Cops Off Campus!

#AbolitionMay is on its way! RT/QT!!

JOIN US 5/3 – 5/25 in direct actions demanding #CopsOffCampus & #PoliceFreeSchools from coast to coast across Turtle Island. Check out our toolkit and new website (https://t.co/zjE3krWGkS) to get involved!

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— Cops Off Campus Coalition (@copsoffearth) April 3, 2021

Expectations: Each participating campus is asked to participate in a collective kickoff action on 5/3 and to participate in community-led actions on the anniversary of George Floyd’s death on 5/25. Beyond that, each campus is asked to coordinate their own action(s) on one or more of the 15 weekdays between these two events. See below for inspiration.

• Banner painting culminating in banner drop from highly visible buildings
• Repurpose Your School’s Cafeteria & Serve the Food to People in Need
• Squat Your School’s Residences & House Folks in Need of Housing
• March to Your Chancellor’s House & Let Them Know How You Feel
• Redecorate your campus police station
• Letter writing to send your demands to admin/alumni/donors
• Teach-in with abolitionist speaker
• Paint/print posters and wheat paste them across campus
• Publish op-ed in campus/local newspaper amplifying the national group → should pair with a more visible action that operates outside of the “university’s language” 
• Public “Town Hall” without admin
  • can even symbolically invite your target, and have an effigy of them “present”
  • bring in organizers & people from the community who have experiences with campus cops, etc. 
  • can be theatrically held outside admin buildings
• Create memorial for victims of police violence, local and/or national
• Zine distribution → should pair with a more visible action for political education
• Mutual aid drive for people who need resources in the community surrounding your institution 
• Street puppet theater performance (e.g. targeting trustees, police, key villains)
• Walking tour of past police/university violence in the community