#yearofresistance

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ONLINE ACTION

FRI DEC 31 - ALL DAY via Twitter

#MovementMoments2015

Join Ferguson Response for #MovementMoments2015 ALL DAY NEW YEAR’S EVE

Share your own selections & personal memories as we reflect on the #YearofResistance & celebrate the beauty of The Movement for Black Lives

Use #MovementMoments2015

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PRINCETON, NJ

SUN DEC 13 - 12:30 PM

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY - Carl A Fields Center 58 Prospect Avenue

#TheGenerationOfNow

The event will feature engaging activists discussing the imperative nature of racial justice. There will also be workshops for teenagers following the speaking portion in order for the speakers to teach the next generation how to mobilize to make a difference. We are confident that this event will have a profoundly positive effect in the Greater Princeton Area. 

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NEW YORK CITY

THU DEC 3 - 6:00 PM

MANHATTAN & STATEN ISLAND

#ChokeholdOnTheCity

Friends and family, join many New Yorkers as we take over NYC in response to justice STILL not being served in the murder of Eric Garner & so many others at the hands of law enforcement.

FOR UPDATES JOIN OUR CELLY LIVE TEXT APP BY TEXTING: @CHOKEHOLDONTHECITY to 23559

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COLUMBUS, OH

WED NOV 18 - 6:00 PM

UNIVERSITY HALL 230 N Oval Mall

OSU Coalition for Black Lives: Teach In

All out for Tamir Rice! Learn from the Past, Fight for the Present 6:00pm, Wednesday, November 18 University Hall Room 014 [basement] Join the new OSU Coalition For Black Lives in a teach-in with OSU activists and faculty. We're getting ready to travel to Cleveland on November 22 to take a stand for Tamir Rice on the anniversary of his murder by police. Speakers will talk about the details of the case, what we can learn from the Civil Rights Movement, and how you can get involved. Speakers include: * Sarah Mamo and Maryam Abidi, OSU Coalition for Black Lives * Leslie Alexander, Dept of African American and African Studies * Curtis Austin, Dept of African American and African Studies * Pranav Jani, Dept of English

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NATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE CALL

TUE NOV 17 - 10:00 PM EST

REGISTER: http://bit.ly/blackoutcall

A follow up conference call to give updates, answer some more questions, and most importantly support and uplift each other before everyone's actions. 

We will also be having twitter forum using the hashtag #studentblackout, please participate. We want to get the word out about all of your actions and get people excited about the work we are all doing.

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SEATTLE, WA

FRI NOV 27 - 1:00 PM

WESTLAKE PARK 400 Pine Street

#BlackLivesMatterFriday 2.0: The Quest For Freedom

#BlackFriday Cheap Deals do NOT matter ---#BlackLivesMatter IF BLACK LIVES and your life matters More than #BlackFriday Cheap deals? --Then JOIN US and invite Everyone 

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CINCINNATI, OH

MON NOV 16 - 6:15 PM

MCMICKEN FREE SPACE 527 W McMicken Avenue

BLMC Education Committee Meeting

Come to the meeting ready to share your ideas. If you know of others who are interested, please invite them as well. We are really looking forward to building and working with everyone.

Meeting Agenda:

Introductions (10 min)

Education committee/sub-committee structure (3 min)

Reading mini-Discussion** (25 min) 

Cincy to Cleveland Action Update/Discussion (10 min)

Reading/Discussion Collective Debrief (10 min)

Guided Sub-Committee Breakout*** (20 min) 

Report Back/Share Assets (15 min)

Closing Remarks (10 min)

**We will be having a short discussion on points 1-3 of the Black Panther Party's Ten Point Program. You can find the reading here:

http://goo.gl/wFIUCd

. Please read and reflect ahead of time if you are able. .

***The sub-committees are as follows: Research and Literature, Reading Series, Youth Education, and Large Event Planning

Both the library branch and meeting room are ADA accessible.

blacklivesmattercincy.wordpress.com

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CHICAGO, IL

SAT NOV 14 - 2:00 PM

THOMPSON CENTER 100 West Randolph Street

CHICAGO: EMERGENCY ACTION - Solidarity with #Mizzou & #Yale

At little over five days ago University of Missouri (Mizzou) students including about 30 football players protested, refused to play and at one student staged a hunger strike. The students demanded the resignation of the school president in responseto rising racial tension, racist slurs and other slights directed towards the university's maginalized student population, articularly its Black students. Students all across the nation especially in Chicago know that what happened at Mizzou is not a isolated incident, it is the status quo at many Universities and colleges. Join the Black Youth Project100 Chicago Chapter, Loyola Black Voices, Loyola Students for Justice in Palestine, Young Chicago Authors, TheInternational Socialist Organization, Amnesty International Depaul University, Depaul Socialists, Depaul MOVE (Men Of Vision and Empowerment, and many more student and community organizations TOMORROW at 2PM at The Thompson Center to rally in solidarity with Mizzou, Yale, and Chicago students. We will voice our concerns about the institutioanl racism that exists in every facet of institutions of higher learning, and present demands of the university and College adminstrations. #ChiStudentsForMizzou #FeesMustFall #BlackLivesMatter Endorsors: UofC Graduate Students United (GSU), UofC Socioeconomic Diversity Alliance (SDA), Organization of Black Students (OBS), Assata's Daughters, Chicago Student Union.