"How do we begin to recover from this shock? By experiencing and building and rebuilding and consolidating community. Community is the answer."
~ Angela Davis, November 16, 2016
Black people, immigrants, indigenous peoples, Arab and Muslim communities, women, queer and transgender people, people with disabilities and poor people in the United States have survived centuries of brutal violence, dehumanization, denial of rights, incarceration, deportation, land theft and destruction, forced displacement, discrimination and repression.
For just as long, we have been surviving, loving and caring for each other, and fighting for the justice, basic needs, rights and dignity we deserve.
The hate and threat that Trump, his line-up for the white house and his supporters stand on and intend to act on is not new. For many of those most targeted by racism, deportation, poverty, sexism, homophobia, transphobia and ableism, the first 100 days of Trumps presidency and beyond may feel familiar. However, Trump’s excess and entitlement and line-up of not only reactionary but explicitly bigoted cabinet members goes without checks from Congress. Together with Trump’s base of vigilantes who feel entitled and sanctioned to unleash hatred, we have to prepare for a tidal wave of attacks that, though familiar, are likely to be implemented at a scale and pace that many of us have not known.
In reaction to this shock and the historic trauma carried by so many of our communities, we may have moments of feeling frozen or hopeless, we may feel overwhelmed by grief and rage, we may feel defeated or we may step into denial. Together we can hold each other through the grief, mobilize our rage and organize to care for and defend ourselves, our children, our young people, our families, our communities and our movements for justice.
Please join us for the launch of Love and Rage in Action: a series of workshops, skills sharing, discussions, self-help & mutual aid clinics, and organizing meetings.
LAUNCH
Wednesday, December 7 from 5-8pm
LOCATION: TBA (Richmond, CA)
Dinner served. Children welcome.
REGISTER HERE: http://eepurl.com/cpWUr5
LEGAL OBSERVER TRAINING
Following the launch will be the first workshop in the series, a training by the National Lawyer’s Guild to become a legal observer. Legal observers document police and State action against protesters and community members during walkouts, strikes, marches, demonstrations, creative action and civil disobedience.
Tuesday, December 13 from 12-1:30pm (lunch provided)
LOCATION: RYSE Center - 205 41st Street, Richmond, CA
USE same registration link as above: http://eepurl.com/cpWUr5
Stay tuned for the release of the full Love & Rage in Action series.
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