* MEDIA ADVISORY * | WOMEN’S MARCH AND PROTEST IN BRIDGEPORT TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR BLACK WOMEN AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM MAYOR GANIM AND OFFICIALS FOR UPHOLDING RACISM AND CORRUPTION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Bridgeport Generation Now Votes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19th, 2022
Press contact: Lenny H. Speiller; 203-516-7184; pr...@bptgennowvotes.org
WOMEN’S MARCH AND PROTEST IN BRIDGEPORT TO DEMAND JUSTICE FOR BLACK WOMEN AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM MAYOR GANIM AND OFFICIALS FOR UPHOLDING RACISM AND CORRUPTION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – In response to ongoing misconduct and mismanagement in the Bridgeport Police Department – most recently evidenced by the mishandling of the deaths of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls – Connecticut women and a growing coalition of women’s rights, civil rights, and civic organizations will hold a march and protest today – Saturday, February 19th at 1:00pm – beginning at Bridgeport City Hall (45 Lyon Terrace) and ending at the Margaret E. Morton Government Center (999 Broad Street).
At the march – “Black Women Speak! A March for Truth & Justice” – women (and their allies) will come together to center Black women’s voices, demand their humanity be recognized, and insist upon accountability from Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim and other officials for their silence and complicity in upholding racism and corruption in the Bridgeport Police Department. Speakers will include Black elected women and leaders from Bridgeport and across the state.
- WHEN: Saturday, February 19th, 1:00 pm
- WHERE: Starting point: Bridgeport City Hall, 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport, CT | Ending point: Margaret E. Morton Government Center, 999 Broad Street | (A program and speeches will take place at 999 Broad Street.)
- WHO: Connecticut women and their allies. Event organizers include: Bridgeport Generation Now Votes, Bridgeport Strong, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, CT Black Women, Greater Bridgeport Ed Gomes Black Democratic Club, Moral Monday CT, PT Partners, PowerUp CT, United State of Women, and Women’s March CT.
- WHY: To march, stand with, and center Black women’s voices; to insist their humanity be recognized; and to hold Mayor Ganim and other officials accountable for their complicity and silence in upholding racism and corruption in the Bridgeport Police Department.
[PDF version of media advisory here.]
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