UCHICAGO STUDENT ACTION STATEMENT ON GEORGE FLOYD AND SOLIDARITY WITH PROTESTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
In light of recent events, leaders and members of UChicago Student Action are hurting deeply alongside communities in Minneapolis, Louisville, Atlanta, Tallahassee, and too many others who have experienced state-sanctioned violence in the past weeks. We are angered by the disregard for Black lives by systems that continually value private property over people. Now more than ever, we are grounded in fighting for a world without police, without prisons, without white supremacy. Our organizers are inspired by protests in Minneapolis and across the country that are expanding our definitions of what is politically possible. As we move forward with the analysis that police do not keep us safe, our campaigns will keep fighting for true community safety and real investment.
DONATE:
Minneapolis:
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
Chicago:
SOUL (Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation)
Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP)
Chicago Torture Justice Center
SHOW UP:
05/30, 2pm, Federal Plaza Car Caravan
05/31, 2pm, South Side Lakefront
POLITICAL EDUCATION RESOURCES:
Abolitionist Futures Reading List
Prison Culture - Transformative Justice Resource Compilation
Critical Resistance - Abolitionist Organizing Toolkit
White Culture in Your Organization
Narratives of White Women Used to Uphold Racism and Patriarchy