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“Equality demands dignity. And dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts through the week.”
“When you have mass unemployment in the Negro community it’s called a social problem. When you have mass unemployment in the white community it’s called a depression”
“We refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt”
— Martin Luther King, Jr–
Last year, during MLK weekend, The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) answered a national call by initiating #96Hours of Direct Action that culminated in an historic march from Fruitvale Station to Coliseum City on Martin Luther King Day. Over 7,000 people took to the streets and reclaimed the radical spirit of King and celebrated his legacy of resistance! Since then, APTP has steadfastly been organizing to build a replicable and sustainable model for eradicating police-terror in communities of color.
In the months following that powerful weekend, the police and the state have taken more lives than ever before and our communities are facing accelerated displacement due to rapid gentrification that is supported and encouraged by our new Mayor and City Council members.
Based on a vote taken at the last spokescouncil – this year’s 96 Hours of Direct Action will have increased specificity. Please see below for the weekend’s parameters:
1/15: Actions focused on gentrification will take place on both sides of the bridge
1/16: Actions focused on the many areas of state terror happening in Oakland (police terror, gentrification, educational inequity etc.,)
1/17: Actions focused on the many areas of state terror happening in San Francisco (corrupt police department, gentrification, police murders)
This is a family-friendly event and a celebration of King’s legacy, Black Lives and the struggle for social justice.
Last year we marched through areas in Oakland that are currently in development or are proposing development and we made clear demands to stem the tide of gentrification, end the displacement of Black and Brown residents, replace high-rise plans with affordable housing, and implement local-hiring practices all while demanding an immediate end to police terror in our communities.
Join us as we plan yet another historic day. We are meeting the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7:30 At EastSide Arts Alliance. When we get closer to the date, we will initiate the spokescouncil again so affinity groups can come together – or form – and plan for the #96hours.
APTP is coalition of organizations and individuals committed to ending the state sanctioned murder of Black, Brown & Poor people by police departments across the country.
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Bay Area SPOKESCOUNCIL – 96 HOURS OF ACTION FOR MLK CONFERENCE CALL
12-23, 26 and 29, 2015 at 7:00pm PT / 10:00pm ET
