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It seemed like the “alt-right” got the memo that spewing hateful rhetoric and inciting violence like we saw last year in Charlottesville, Va., only further marginalizes them. The few neo-Nazis, white nationalists and sympathizers who were present at the Unite the Right 2 March were completely dwarfed and drowned out by thousands of counter-protesters. Black Lives Matter DC Core Organizers, Makia and Nee Nee showed up and organized over 4,000 people to remind the country that although there is a white supremacist in office, the voices of the people will be heard.
We raised $12,000 for travel, lodging, supplies, food, after-care, and more. Makia and Nee Nee created an intentional space for resistance, joy and healing for our movement family who joined us on August 12th as volunteers. Now we would like to reach $15,000 to support our freedom fighters.
Last year, we witnessed a white supremacist march into Charlottesville that created violence and death. Counter-protestors stood up boldly against mostly white men who were hell-bent on creating a type of chaos reminiscent of the early 1930s and ’40s during the height of lynch mobs. After the protest, Heather Heyer was dead and a city and nation whirled with trauma.
A few weeks later, white supremacist protesters decided to show up in Boston with another Unite the Right rally. This time our movement was prepared and with the leadership of Black Lives Matter Boston, Cambridge and a fierce activist, Monica Cannon, they mobilized thousands of folks to show up and counter-protest against a laughably tiny rally of white supremacists.
We are living under some of the most frightening times and yet organizations like Black Lives Matter, BYP100 and Building Leaders Organizing for Change —are not just organizing counter-protests against white supremacists, but are on the front lines of changing the way we understand democracy. We march, we vote, we challenge and confront this nation’s underbelly and we are winning
They said 400 people full of hate rhetoric would be in D.C. and yet only 25 of them showed up. This is because our work is working. Our movements are developing a sophisticated response to the cowardice of white supremacists who are unable to mobilize their own base to a rally they called for.
Sunday was a victory and we have NeNe and Makia to thank for that. It was incredible to see black people: queer, cis, trans, nongender conforming, disabled, immigrants, and our allies all standing up to white supremacy, and experiencing love and joy together. It was beautiful. We are here to get down to business and to send the clear message that we will always stand up for equality and black lives while having fun. BLM rallies are full of song and dance, allies, affirmation and pride.
We were here not only to confront white supremacy but to promote black liberation and center black joy.
For more information, go to http://www.blacklivesmatterdc.org/take-action/
Black Lives Matter DC
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Instagram: blacklivesmatterdc
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*BLM DC is a radical collective of Black artists, infrastructure builders and movement healers and strategists from the future, organizing in the here and now around two movement equations. These equations inform how we live as our highest selves while dismantling White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism, Imperialism and the role the state plays in supporting them. We are an offical chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network.
The first is BLM DC believes Organized Resistance + Continual Healing + Consistent Spaces for Centering Black Joy = Liberation. This means we believe that we can be liberated right now through centering healing and joy in our daily lives. We also think there are obstacles like state sanctioned violence that limit our ability to live as the liberated people we are capable of being and thus organized resistance is necessary. The other side of this equation is one we have borrowed from the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, it helps us frame the way we integrate healing with organized resistance. It is a similar equation of Building + Blocking + Being. Our organized resistance BUILDS campaigns to dismantle systems of oppression while BUILDING liberated spaces, our healing spaces BLOCK oppressive beliefs and racial trauma while BUILDING resilience, our centering of Black Joy reminds of why we fight and lets us BE resilient and free together thereby making us stronger BUILDERS.
We raised $12,000 for travel, lodging, supplies, food, after-care, and more. Makia and Nee Nee created an intentional space for resistance, joy and healing for our movement family who joined us on August 12th as volunteers. Now we would like to reach $15,000 to support our freedom fighters.
Last year, we witnessed a white supremacist march into Charlottesville that created violence and death. Counter-protestors stood up boldly against mostly white men who were hell-bent on creating a type of chaos reminiscent of the early 1930s and ’40s during the height of lynch mobs. After the protest, Heather Heyer was dead and a city and nation whirled with trauma.
A few weeks later, white supremacist protesters decided to show up in Boston with another Unite the Right rally. This time our movement was prepared and with the leadership of Black Lives Matter Boston, Cambridge and a fierce activist, Monica Cannon, they mobilized thousands of folks to show up and counter-protest against a laughably tiny rally of white supremacists.
We are living under some of the most frightening times and yet organizations like Black Lives Matter, BYP100 and Building Leaders Organizing for Change —are not just organizing counter-protests against white supremacists, but are on the front lines of changing the way we understand democracy. We march, we vote, we challenge and confront this nation’s underbelly and we are winning
They said 400 people full of hate rhetoric would be in D.C. and yet only 25 of them showed up. This is because our work is working. Our movements are developing a sophisticated response to the cowardice of white supremacists who are unable to mobilize their own base to a rally they called for.
Sunday was a victory and we have NeNe and Makia to thank for that. It was incredible to see black people: queer, cis, trans, nongender conforming, disabled, immigrants, and our allies all standing up to white supremacy, and experiencing love and joy together. It was beautiful. We are here to get down to business and to send the clear message that we will always stand up for equality and black lives while having fun. BLM rallies are full of song and dance, allies, affirmation and pride.
We were here not only to confront white supremacy but to promote black liberation and center black joy.
For more information, go to http://www.blacklivesmatterdc.org/take-action/
Black Lives Matter DC
Follow us on
Twitter @DMVBlackLives
Instagram: blacklivesmatterdc
Like us on Facebook.com/blmdc
*BLM DC is a radical collective of Black artists, infrastructure builders and movement healers and strategists from the future, organizing in the here and now around two movement equations. These equations inform how we live as our highest selves while dismantling White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism, Imperialism and the role the state plays in supporting them. We are an offical chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network.
The first is BLM DC believes Organized Resistance + Continual Healing + Consistent Spaces for Centering Black Joy = Liberation. This means we believe that we can be liberated right now through centering healing and joy in our daily lives. We also think there are obstacles like state sanctioned violence that limit our ability to live as the liberated people we are capable of being and thus organized resistance is necessary. The other side of this equation is one we have borrowed from the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, it helps us frame the way we integrate healing with organized resistance. It is a similar equation of Building + Blocking + Being. Our organized resistance BUILDS campaigns to dismantle systems of oppression while BUILDING liberated spaces, our healing spaces BLOCK oppressive beliefs and racial trauma while BUILDING resilience, our centering of Black Joy reminds of why we fight and lets us BE resilient and free together thereby making us stronger BUILDERS.
Organizer
April Renée Goggans
Organizer
Washington D.C., DC