Friends -
This Saturday, join an historic coalition of organizations to demand that the city of Chicago enact legislation to create community control of the police.
When: Saturday, August 29, Noon
Where: Kick-off from Federal Plaza, Adams and Dearborn. March to Daley Plaza.
Why:
Speakers & Performers to include: Frank Chapman, CAARPR; Charlene Carruthers, BYP100; Rev. Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ; Martinez Sutton, brother of CPD murder victim, Rekia Boyd; Howard Morgan, victim of attempted murder by CPD; Rasmea Odeh, Palestinian community activist, target of U.S. government repression; Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, co-star of the film Sankofa; Michael Brunson, Recording Secretary - CTU, chair of Black Caucus; Lyric Squad poets; Page May, We Charge Genocide; Grisel Rodriguez, daughter of Nestora Salgado, political prisoner in Mexico.
The coalition: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 2858; Anakbayan - patriotic Filipino youth; Anti-War Committee; Arab American Action Network; Black Caucus - Chicago Teachers Union; Black People Against Police Torture; Black Youth Project 100, Black Lives Matter; Chicago Torture Justice Memorials; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Coalition of Trade Union Women; Committee to Stop FBI Repression; Council of Islamic Organization of Greater Chicagoland; Fight 4 $15; Freedom Road Socialist Organization; National Alliance of Filipino Concerns; Project NIA; Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73; SEIU Healthcare Illinois/Indiana; Students for a Democratic Society; United Electrical workers; UIC Graduate Employees Organization; Workers Center for Racial Justice; & many more.
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