Help organize and plan for October 22nd!

Help Organize for October 22nd National day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality,
Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation

October 22nd provides a platform for families and youth speak out around living
"under the gun" of police brutality, to expose the injustice being inflicted on
them and their loved one can bring out the truth of what's going on in a powerful
way. And it's the tradition of bringing into this fight allies from many different
backgrounds, people of different races and from all walks of life, that helps to make
this fight against injustice stronger. Social justice activists, organizations and
communities speak on the different aspects of police brutality and repression in
this era of Ashcroft's America.

Next meeting to finalize plans for October 22nd in San Francisco
Wednesday October October 20th
6:30pm City Blend Cafe
3087 16th St (near 16th St. Bart Station)
San Francisco

How to help build for October 22nd:
-pass out leaflets
-bring black balloons
-bring black ribbons & pictures of loved ones killed by law enforcement
-bring black ribbons pictures needed of Abu Ghraib- next to pictures from Police
precinct houses, or prisoners here
-bring pictures of Ashcroft- its a bad moon rising
-new stickers danger police in area= this is real
homeland security colored alert system= this is imagined

-wear blue triangle- disappeared, solidarity w/ solidarity w/Arab, Muslim , South
Asian immigrants who face special registration, round-ups, detentions, deportations

-help work on the Stolen Lives project---so far we have compiled a list of over 40 people killed by law
enforcement in the SF Bay Area since 2001---interviews w/families, research, etc. needed

- let us know of chants to add to chant sheet.

- pass out leaflet:
October 22nd Friday
4pm Press Conference/Speak Out
4921 3rd St (near Palou) San Francisco


Help work on the Press conference/speak out on October 22nd
4921 3rd St (near Palou) San Francisco

Speakers that are confirmed:
Amnesty International
Dennis Cunningham
Samina Faheem, American Muslim Voice
Idriss Stelley Foundation
October 22nd Coalition
EBC/Policewatch
Yuri Kochiyama
Mary Jane- Oakland High-FBI interrogating students
Can Gay Shame Bring their heart
Leroy Moore- poem
Stolen Lives Walls

Families: Marylon Boyd, Mesha and Sandra Juanita, Regina Cardenas, Danny Garcia,
Soto family

-Still contacting other speakers/cultural performers.

-Tasks:
Press Work-

Logistics- organize the day
-legal observers (contact Midnight Special, Copwatch, Ella Baker, NLG)
-chant sheets
-planning the program:
-sound system-
-set up crew before the press conference/speak out at 2:00 pm 4921 3rd Street.
-snacks
- notify Heather Fong & local precinct
-bull horns-
-video cameras to cover event
-stolen lives walls

Policies:
Groups are encouraged to pass out their literature- but for free
Donation Cans- for groups who table
All speakers need to endorse the call.
Politicians cannot promote their campaign

except- October 22nd - can sell Stolen Lives Book and & T-shirts

Fundraising event? to help pay for the day.

Help to make this powerful, and broad national day of protest, because:

As our research for the Stolen Lives Project makes clear, the authorities continue
to give a green light to brutal, murdering cops.
They've continued racial profiling targeting Blacks and Latinos even as they
expanded this heinous practice to target Arabs, Muslims and South Asians.
They've continued and expanded the police state clampdown they've been putting in
place since Sept 11th. The severe limits on the right to protest that was put in
place around the RNC were only the most recent examples of this.

NO MORE STOLEN LIVES

WE DON'T WANT YOUR KIND OF SAFETY- THERE AIN'T NOT SAFETY IN A POLICE STATE!

WEAR BLACK- FIGHT BACK , ON TO OCTOBER 22ND