>From: "Charles \"Cappy\" Pinderhughes" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: National Campus Network <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [NCN] BRC National Organizing Conference, June 23-25 >Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:00:33 -0500 > > > >From: Black Radical Congress <[log in to unmask]> > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >This is a Press Release/Statement from the Black Radical Congress >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Black Radical Congress > National Organizing Conference > June 23-25, 2000 > Wayne State University > Detroit, Michigan, USA > > >"Forty-one shots" > >This has become a symbol of the conditions and status >of Black people in the U.S. It will forever be etched >in our minds. It is an outrageous, painful and sickening >illustration that Black people have no rights that whites >are bound to respect. It applied to Dred Scott in 1857, >Emmett Till in 1955 and Amadou Diallo in 1999. It applies >to all of us today. > >Police shootings, racial profiling, attacks on Affirmative >Action and increasing economic insecurity are the problems >of the day for the Black masses. Impoverished Black families >on welfare are treated like indentured slaves through >Workfare; prison labor is exploited for the benefit of >private corporations in a modern form of slavery; Living >Wage jobs are harder to find as Black youth are herded >into prisons instead of colleges and universities; And >all of this is taking place while the country continues to >experience record breaking economic growth and prosperity, >but only for a few greedy capitalists. > >On Juneteenth 1998, recognizing that "the problem of the >Color Line" had not been resolved but had become worse, >2,000 people gathered in Chicago for the Black Radical >Congress (BRC). We came together to forge a radical agenda >for the 21st Century. We met with the understanding that >the Black Liberation Movement has many traditions and >ideological points of view. The Principles of Unity that >brought us to Chicago acknowledges those differences but >pledged us to unite to rebuild a powerful liberation >struggle. We understood that our lives depend on it. > >The Congress identified the many problems faced by the >Black masses; we heard from the fighters and resisters in >our communities; we resolved to develop a living Freedom >Agenda; and we identified important campaigns to challenge >white supremacy and capitalist exploitation. > >On the battlefront since the congress we have participated >in the fight to save Mumia Abu Jamal's life; we mobilized >to save the life of Tabitha Walrond; and we continue to >organize against the extradition of Assata Shakur. In >our various cities we have started the work of building >Organizing Committees and work on campaigns for a Living >Wage and quality Public Education. We have joined the >struggle for Reparations and have circulated the Freedom >Agenda for discussion and debate by the Black masses. > >The BRC is young and we are proud of what we have done. But >it's not enough and we need to do better. This year we will >meet to further develop our work and our organization. The >June 2000 BRC National Organizing Conference will identify >a unifying campaign and provide us with an opportunity to >train old and new activists on how to take up the coming >fights. Join us to help move the BRC forward! > >What will the Conference do? > > * Consolidate the BRC as a coalition of organizations > and individuals committed to building a movement for > Freedom and Justice for Blacks in North America. > > * Prepare the groundwork for the 2nd Congress of the > BRC in June 2001. The Organizing conference needs > the participation of all Black people who want to > resist the growing threat of a police state. > >Detroit is the place of many historical and contemporary >struggles of the Black masses. From the early struggles of >Black workers in the auto industry to the struggle for Human >Rights that seeks to regain control of our lives from the >state and private interests, Detroit represents some of our >best traditions of fighting back. The founding of the League >of Revolutionary Black Workers and the Republic of New Afrika >(RNA), along with many other organizations has made Detroit a >critical center of the Black Liberation Movement. We will >continue that tradition in June. > >If it wasn't clear before, there is no doubt now that... > > We Are All Amadou! > > Fight the Police State and White Supremacy! > Build the BRC! > Forward in our Freedom Struggle! > > >For More Information Contact: > >Charles Brown >313-224-3480 (phone) >313-438-3114 (voicemail) >[log in to unmask] (email) > > >-30- > >The Black Radical Congress >National Office >P.O. Box 490365 >Atlanta, GA 30349 >Phone: (404) 768-2529 >Fax: (404) 614-8563 > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >----------National Campus Network email addresses--------- > Post message: [log in to unmask] > Subscribe: [log in to unmask] > Unsubscribe: [log in to unmask] > List owner: [log in to unmask] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >@Backup- Protect and Access your data any time, any where on the net. >Try @Backup FREE and recieve 300 points from mypoints.com Install now: >http://click.egroups.com/1/2345/4/_/30547/_/953218034/ > >-- Easily schedule meetings and events using the group calendar! >-- http://www.egroups.com/cal?listname=nationalcampusnet&m=1 > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------