“Struggle Saturday’s” continuing our Saturday protests against racism & police terror.  Saturday, July 4, 2 pm

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On the fourth of July we join national protests for Mumia Abu Jamal and all political prisoners

July 4, Saturday, we march against the racist mass incarceration system and in solidarity with all prisoners behind bars and detention centers and their families.  We will hear from  the family members of those incarcerated and demand an end to mass incarceration and freedom for all political prisoners.

We commemorate Frederick Douglas and remember his famous speech:  “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”  Excerpts by James Earl Jones  From Mumia Abu Jamal read by Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

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Saturday, July 4, 2 pm 

Gather at 20th & N Charles Street

For a March & Car Caravan

Following our March we will hold a brief assembly and hear from the family members and loved ones of those locked behind bars before returning to our departure site.  

For more information call:  410-218-4835

www.PeoplesPowerAssembly.org

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Dear friends in struggle,

We wanted to send our sincerest thank you to all of you who have been in the trenches these past weeks: whether you have protested in the streets or in your car, provided water and organized health teams, carried signs or whether you have contributed by donating financially or bringing material aid.

Huge thanks goes out to all who have shared notices of protests on social media; who have forwarded events to friends and to everyone who has volunteered during the long Marches and caravans.

There are so many ways that people have made this movement against racism and police terror stronger that it’s impossible to list all of them in a short note.  

Just know that whatever role you have played it is deeply appreciated especially by the friends and loved ones of victims who have spent decades fighting for justice.

As Mary Washington, the mother of Joey Wilbon stated, “We have been carrying this fight for the last twenty years”.  

This weekend we are temporarily taking a break from our own initiatives and supporting the actions of others.  We wanted to make sure you had the information.  

We will not give up fighting for justice until we win!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts,

Peoples Power Assembly

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THIS WEEK

Community members have been protesting at Vince’s Crab House every day because of his deeply racist remarks.  The object is to convince customers not to patronize this business. 

Here is a link from the Baltimore Sun LINK 

Picket Vince’s Crab House

610 Compass Road, Middle River, MD 21220

Monday & Tuesday — hours are 2 pm to 8 pm

Wed to Saturday — hours are 11 am to 8 pm

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Protest in Annapolis at Gov. Hogan’s Mansion to Repeal  the Law Enforcement Officer’s Bill of Rights (LEOBR) and many other issues including affordable housing, end to private prisons, money for Historic Black Campuses and Universities, fund the Kirwan Commission, etc. 

Saturday, June 27, 6 pm in Annapolis

We are leaving from our office at 4 pm

2011 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218

If you are driving on your own car, here are the instructions from the SCLC of Prince George’s County – From SCLC logistics for the route:

Take 50 east to Rowe Blvd.  Make a right on Taylor,  Navy Stadium is right there.  Take the driveway into Stadium, First gate, Gate 6 is where we will park.   It will have “State Employees Parking” on the gate.  The Maryland Capitol Police will have that gate open for us to park for free.  ASSEMBLING: Try to arrive between 5:30-5:45.  The march starts at 6 pm.  We are scheduled from 6-9 pm, but should wrap up before 9:00 pm.  We can assemble at Gate 6.  We will come out of Gate 6 and make a left at Rowe Blvd and Taylor.  Make Right on Taylor, Come to First Light at Rowe and Calvert.  Make immediate Right and march down to Fireman’s Memorial.  The Maryland Capitol Police will Block Off Calvert between Rowe Blvd. and Northwestern.  We will assemble and Rally at the Fireman’s Memorial.   

DO NOT PARK ON STADIUM PARKING LOT. 

For those that cannot March, the Prince George’s County Education Association will have a 15 passenger bus to shuttle individuals from the parking lot to the rally location.

The Peoples Power Assembly will be marching with our signs and the “Community Control of Police” banner along with Ujima Peoples Progress Party.  LOOK FOR OUR SIGNS!

Juneteenth commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. On this day in 1865, union troops arrived in Galveston Island to inform the enslaved people in Texas that the heinous system of slavery had ended.  This declaration of freedom took place two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Juneteenth raises the important question of the legacy of slavery and the root causes of white supremacy.  U.S. capitalism was literally built on the backs of African slaves and on the theft of Indigenous lands. The original promise of an acre and a mule to all those enslaved was reneged on and the period of Black reconstruction was overthrown.

The Peoples Power Assembly supports the demand for reparations.We believe  It is up to the Black community to decide how and what form reparations take.

This legacy is still with us today and reflected in modern day police departments whose history can be traced back to the slave catchers and to mass incarceration.

On this day we  pay homage to those who lost their lives in the 1921 massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the bigot Trump is scheduled to speak.  Trump’s appearance in Tulsa during the Juneteenth weekend is deeply disturbing.  The Tulsa massacre  and burning of what is  described as the “Black Wallstreet”, took the lives of hundreds of Black people by white racist mobs.

In commemoration of Juneteenth, we are holding a March and People’s Assembly tomorrow, Saturday, June 20th at 2 pm. Gather at 20th & N Charles St. We will march to City Hall and hold a People’s Assembly where people will share their stories about police abuse and how the money spent on repression and police terror could save our communities instead.

We especially salute the ILWU Local 10 and it’s supporters who are showing the way for all workers today!

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March/Car Caravan & Peoples Assembly Saturday, June 20 Gather 2 pm @ 20th & N. Charles Street People’s Assembly 3:30 pm @ City Hall, 100 Holliday Street 21201 SIGN UP HERE ON FACEBOOK MARCH AND CAR CARAVAN 2 PM @ 20th & N. Charles Street Baltimore MD 21218 This weekend we will commemorate Juneteenth and March against the continuing epidemic of police killings including Atlanta’s #RayshardBrooks, and for #GeorgeFloyd, #BreonnaTaylor,  #ToyinSalau and all victims of racism and police killings! ________________________ PEOPLES ASSEMBLY @ 3:30 PM The March will end with a People’s Assembly 3:30 pm @ City Hall, 100 Holliday St. 21201 *Special messages from Rev. Annie Chambers on Juneteenth, Message from Clarence Thomas, former ILWU Local 10 and Million Worker March leader, and organizer for Juneteenth dock workers shut down and others. *Testimony from the people — Share your stories about police abuse and how the money spent on repression and police terror could save your community. *Music by: Anthony Parker aka Wordsmith To get email alerts sign up at our website www.PeoplesPowerAssembly.org Donations needed to help with mobilization costs. Every donation regardless of size is deeply appreciated. Venmo@SolidarityCenter  PAYPAL DONATE

Continuing Protests Saturday, June 13,  Gathering at 2 PM Bond & Orleans Streets

March & Car Caravan – Gather @ 12:30 pm

 

Following the enormous #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd protest on Saturday, May 30, the Peoples Power Assembly has called for another march, demanding justice for all victims of racist police terror and the disbanding of the Baltimore City Police Department. The demonstration will also call for amnesty and the release of all arrested protestors, as it is everyone’s democratic right to protest injustice. 

• WHAT: March and caravan demonstration to protest racist murder, to demand the disbanding of the Baltimore City Police Department, and for amnesty for protesters

• WHEN: Monday June 1, 2020; 6pm

• WHERE: The march and caravan will begin in Douglas Homes at 247 N. Dallas Street and end at the Baltimore City Police headquarters at 601 E. Fayette Street.
  
  
• WHO: Peoples Power Assembly and allies
  

Facebook event here

Marlyn Barnes would have been 32 years old this Thursday if he hadn’t died in Harford County Jail

Let’s show his family and all prisoners still locked up that we care.

Join the Prisoners Solidarity Caravan

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Marlyn Barnes would have been 32 years old this Thursday, if he had not died in custody at the Harford County Detention Center.   The jail claims he committed suicide, but his family has not gotten the answers they need from the authorities and they continue to fight for truth and justice in his case.  The number of suicide deaths at Harford County are alarming, just this past month another prisoner allegedly died as a result of suicide. 

Marlyn’s family and the Peoples Power Assembly and Prisoners Solidarity Committee have continued to press for answers and in the midst of this pandemic and to amplify the demands of prisoners locked up Maryland jails who have demanded PPE, adequate showers, soap, hand sanitizer and much more.  

We have joined the national movement in demanding #FreeThemAll.

You can help by joining the Thursday, May 14, car caravan at 4 pm from the Harriet Tubman Solidarity Center, to the local City Jail Complex and then to Marlyn Barnes’ neighborhood in West Baltimore.  We will then participate in a 32 minute caravan to represent how old Barnes would be if he was alive today.

Let’s show his family and the prisoners still locked up that we care.  SIGN UP AND SHARE WITH FRIENDS.  This is important; even if you can’t actually physically participate, it helps to share, post to Facebook, twitter, Instagram, to increase awareness and build support.

We will also have signs calling for Justice for Ahmaud Arbery!

If you can drive or come – here are the instructions:

Gather and stage ourselves at 20th and N. Charles Streets, Baltimore, MD 21218 at 4 pm to decorate cars and get signs.  Wear your mask or scarf and physical distance; please be safe.  

We will  have a lead car, proceed and leave no later than 4:45 pm, and drive with our lights on similar to a funeral procession.   

It’s helpful if you are able to fill out the google form: CLICK HERE FOR FORM

Thank you so much on behalf of the Barnes family.

Stay safe and huge distancing hug from the Peoples Power Assembly