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CINCINNATI, OH - Legal, Peaceful, Integrated, Mass March for Justice - June 2 |
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by Dan La Botz
Email: DanLaBotz (nospam) cs.com (unverified!)
Phone: (513) 861-8722 |
07 May 2001
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We are a coalition of organizations and individuals who are organizing for three days of education and peaceful protest to demand justice in Cincinnati from the police department and the city government. |
We will organize a series of educational events and peaceful protests on June 1- 3, with a mass, legal, peaceful march for justice on June 2 at the center of these events. We invite the residents of Cincinnati and people from around the country to come to Cincinnati to protest the killing of Timothy Thomas.
The March for Justice calls for:
*Stop police killings and the abuse of police power. *End the police department's racist patterns and practices. *Build social and economic justice.
We invite all who agree with the protest and the goals to joins in us this effort. Organizations who join may send a member to join the steering committee and participate in the decision making process of the group.
Endorsing groups (as of May 4, 2001)
American Federation of Government Employees Local 3840 Executive Committee Concerned Citizens for Justice Cincinnati Black United Front (unofficial as of 5/4) Coalition for a Humane Economy (CHE) Stand Up 4 Democracy (Many other organizations are now taking the call to their respective boards, and members.)
Activities proposed for the three days include a major educational program and rally Friday. June 1, March and Rally June 2, and an organizing conference June 3. Speakers, times, and sites to be announced.
To contact the March for Justice call 513/ 588-8883.
(Editor's note: This was released prior to May 7)
MARCH FOR JUSTICE Dear Friends, As you are well aware, the police killing of Timothy Thomas in April, followed by several days of protest have made Cincinnati a focus of national, and even international, attention.
Many African American, white, and immigrant organizations and individuals, meeting over the last couple of weeks (a total involving over 200 people from dozens of different groups) have decided to call for a legal, peaceful, integrated, mass march for Justice on June 2. The March will be the center piece for three days of reflection, education, and peaceful protest.
We believe that thousands of Cincinnatians of goodwill would like an opportunity to express their rejection of the past practice of the Cincinnati government and police, and their hope and desire for change in this city and in our country. We would like this event to be one that can attract faith-based organizations, labor unions, community groups, and students and youth. We expect to have contigents from all of those sectors of our society and many more. We hope that this event can be one where thousands of our citizens, adults, youth and children, joined by supporters from around the country can march in peaceful protest to express our concerns and our hopes.
We ask you to join us.
Please put the following call for the march before your organization and ask them to endorse it, and send us a copy of your endorsement with the name of your organization, a contact person with phone number, e-mail and street address. Please also indicate that you give us permission to use your name. We look forward to walking with you toward a new Cincinnati. See the phone number at the bottom of the call to leave a message requesting more information.
Please circulate the following call widely.
In solidarity, Dan La Botz (513) 861-8722 DanLaBotz (at) cs.com
--relayed by Cincinnati Inde Media Center Johnzeh (at) aol.com 513/ 751-1740 |
See also:
http://ohiovalleyimc.org/cgi-bin/imc.pl?where=display&article=282
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