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Ferguson Response Network Podcast Ep 21 – The Auction Block Stare with William J Jackson, Junior Burchall & Kirsten

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by William J Jackson, Kirsten & Junior Burchall to discuss our raw thoughts on the AME Massacre and delve deep into the Black Male defense of Rachel D.

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LeslieMac

Ricky L. Hinds II

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Kirsten

Junior Burchall

William J Jackson

Event DAYOFACTION CALL (2)

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FRN Must List – June 8, 2015

FRN Must List – June 8, 2015

Must Watch/View

Black Summer Vacation or how White Supremacy ruins everything – STORIFY

 

A National Left Politics? From The Left Forum 2015

 

Decoded – Are Fried Chicken & Watermelon Racist? MTV News


Must Read

The Role The Police Played in Sparking The Baltimore Violence

Fatal police shootings in 2015 approaching 400 nationwide

Black Filmmakers Launch Twitter Takeover with #ARRAY

Chimanmanda Ngozi Adichie: My Father’s Kidnapping

Grim History Traced in Sunken Slave Ship Found Off South Africa

Picking Up the Pieces: Policing in America – A Minneapolis Case Study

White progressives’ racial myopia: Why their colorblindness fails minorities – and the left

Samaria Rice on Living & Losing Her Son, Tamir


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FRN Must List – June 1, 2015

Must Watch/View

Baltimore activist calls out Democratic “Leaders” on police brutality

Deray McKesson on CNN regarding threat from Chuck C Johnson

@Crissles on Micropolis: Funny or Racist addresses Sarah Silverman in Blackface – skip to 1:19 for the specific portion

Mass Incarceration: The Politics Behind the Bars
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Must Read

DOJ Report on Cleveland Police Department

Hey, White People! If You Really Want to Help End Racism, You Need to Invest in Other White People (Yeah, We Know It Sounds Counterintuitive)

Can Philly Students Convince City Official to Repeal Stop & Frisk?

The shocking truth about the two Chicago Police officer posing in this horrendous photo

The Persistent Racism of Theological Schools Part I
The Persistent Racism of Theological Schools Part II

Kentucky Organizer: Ending White Supremacy Is in Everyone’s Interest

A Theology of Liberation to Inspire White Anti-Racist Organizing


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FRN Must List – May 26, 2015

Must Watch/View

Word Warriors/Aja Monet

Is Racism Over Yet?

Feminista Jones: The Voice of Black Feminism


Must Read

Here’s What Black Lives Matter Protests Over Memorial Day Weekend Looked Like in NYC, LA, San Francisco & More

Thousands of Newark students leave school in protest, block major intersection

How Racist Housing Laws Are Keeping New Orleans white

Killer Mike Baltimore Op-Ed: ‘I’ve Watched Geraldo Rivera and Wolf Blitzer Pander to the Audiences of the Oppression’

Bail Relief Fund fo Cleveland Activists

#SayHerName Report from AAPF

7 Ways To Treat Your #ActivistBae

The Myth of the Welfare Queen: How Classism Worked Against Black Women

84 Films By & About Women of Color Courtesy of Ava Durvernay


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Ferguson Response Network Podcast Ep 20 – Trim the Bushes, Attack the Root – Economics of Supremacy

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Camari Ellis Sr & Jonathan Newton from NAAPB discuss the Economics of White Supremacy. Don’t miss this invigorating and nuanced discussion.

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Ricky L. Hinds II

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Carmari Ellis, Sr

Jonathan Newton

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The Movement for Black Lives – National Convening Announcement

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CLEVELAND, OH

JULY 24 – 25

The Movement for Black Lives – National Convening

Black people from across the country led a wave of resistance that spread around the world. A new chapter is being written in our long journey towards liberation.

Our people demand a collective vision that matches the intensity, scale, urgency, and promise of the moment.

Open, and created by many voices, The Movement for Black Lives Convening is a space to realize that promise fully on our terms as Black people.

Join hundreds of Black folks from around the country, as we convene to shape our present and chart our future.

Fri. July 24th- Sun. July 26th, 2015, in Cleveland, OH. ALL black lives are needed; mind, body, and soul.

Registration Opens Jun 1st.
To Pre-register go to: http://movementforblacklives.org/preregister/

BUILD. HEAL. LEARN. ORGANIZE.

 

 

 

Ferguson Response Network Podcast Ep18 – Let’s Talk About White People

@LeslieMac & Ricky from @AUADOTORG are joined by Chris Crass, Anastasia & VeryWhiteGuy discuss White People  & the Black Lives Matter movement. Plus April Police violence stats, the myth of the absent black father & just announce The Movement for Black Lives National Convening.

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Host Contact:

LeslieMac

Ricky L. Hinds II

Guest Contact:

Chris Crass

Anastasia

Drew:

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