Working Women Demand an End to Police Brutality and Gun Violence
April 19, 2021
Statement of 9to5 Executive Director Leng Leng Chancey ATLANTA — As former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was standing trial for killing George Floyd, Daunte Wright was shot and killed by a police officer just 10 miles away. Days later, Chicago police released body camera footage of an officer shooting and killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo,…
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A Statement for Our Coalition Member on Daunte Wright’s Murder
April 13, 2021
“The public execution of Black folks will never be normal.” In a statement from one of our coalition members, the Wisconsin African American Civic Engagement Roundtable, Andrena Sawyer addresses yet another slaying of a young black man at the hands of the police. To read the full statement CLICK HERE.
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Organizational Statement of Solidarity
June 2, 2020
These last few of weeks make clear what we already know to be true – that racism is rampant, pervasive, and systemic across this country. The killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, David McAtee, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the racist attack on Christian Cooper in Central Park are highly-publicized examples of the countless incidents…
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