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June 19, 2020

Thousands march for third straight weekend in Jacksonville, demand community control of the police

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Currently Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature

Currently Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature is threatening to get rid of black representation in Congress, particularly in Jacksonville. That’s why we must act. Join us and other community orgs statewide for a rally at the Old Capitol, TOMORROW, Tuesday April 19th to stand against this attack on our right to representation! Message the page if you are interested in attending and need a ride!

#DefendDemocracy #DefendBlackRepresentation #BlackVotesMatter

Join us this Tuesday at 7 PM for our monthly Commu

Join us this Tuesday at 7 PM for our monthly Community Action Meeting (CAM)!

Have you wondered what you can do locally to affect change? Then join other community members interested in making Jacksonville a city that reflects its majority, not one that serves a minority!

Visit bit.ly/AprilCAM22 to register for the zoom meeting today!

#BlackLivesMatter
#PeoplesBudgetNow
#PoliceAccountabilityNow

In yet another sequence of attacks on our communit

In yet another sequence of attacks on our community by DeSantis, local Q-Anon supporter and wife of Cord Byrd, Esther Byrd, has been *appointed* to the State Board of Education.

At a time where attacks on LGBTQ+ are intensifying by legislatures across the country, Florida is solidifying itself as a front runner. This is why our action is necessary, and the time is now to assess where you fit in!

Sending love to our community during this time, and we encourage y’all to follow and support local organizations like @jasmynjax, @transgender_awareness_project and @tea_jax.

#ProtectTransKids
#BlackTransLivesMatter

ICYMI: @flgovrondesantis signs into law House Bill

ICYMI: @flgovrondesantis signs into law House Bill 3, which aims to encourage cops to come to Florida with incentives like a $5,000 hire bonus. The bill also allows Sheriff’s to transfer money within their budgets even after amounts have been approved by the county commission.

There’s hometown zeroes, and then we have hometown HEROES like @angieforjax who was one of only 3 Florida Representatives to courageously vote no on this bill with our community’s interests in mind.

Read and share this post! Link to article in bio.

#FundPeopleNotPolice
#BlackLivesMatter

Please make it out today on an important event wit

Please make it out today on an important event with community partners on amplifying our voice and our vote! 6:30pm today!

#VotingRightsMatter

Join us next Wednesday at 6:00 PM to celebrate the

Join us next Wednesday at 6:00 PM to celebrate the life of Vernell Bing Jr. aka Lil Redd. We’ll be meeting on the corner of 9th and Liberty to celebrate a life taken by JSO killer cops.
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#Jaxtakesaction #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

JSO OFFICER ARRESTED As usual JSO is in the news

JSO OFFICER ARRESTED

As usual JSO is in the news for abhorrent behaviors, this time from a name we’ve seen before: @jaxsheriff’s very own Alejandro Carmona.

Carmona is the officer who parked in @brittanychrishawn’s driveway, seemingly for no reason, and instead of leaving when she politely asked, he became aggressive to the point where Brittany felt in danger and called dispatch for them to address the situation.

Unfortunately, JSO seems to have a primary goal of protecting official misbehavior, and not our residents of Jacksonville. Refusing to address the possibility that their officer was in the wrong, 4 officers came to Brittanys home and began to question her, ultimately escalating to them shoving her door open, and Brittany to ground, causing permanent nerve damage and other horrific injuries.

@jaxsheriff violent behavior only escalates when not addressed. This is why our community demands #PoliceAccountabilityNow and we demand city leaders to reinstate the safer together committee!

#BlackLivesMatter
#JusticeForBrittany

Join our community partner @the5anddime for “Lob

Join our community partner @the5anddime for “Lobby Hero” this Saturday!

We will be tabling at the event and are so excited to see your faces! Tickets can be purchased through: thefiveanddime.org

#BlackLivesMatter
#PowerToThePeople

Register for our meeting next week! With the wav

Register for our meeting next week!

With the waves of anti democratic legislation coming from Tallahassee, now is the time to learn how you can get involved in our city!

Share with your loved ones, and we’ll see you Thursday!

#BlackLivesMatter
#ProtectTransYouth

Happy international working women’s day! Today

Happy international working women’s day!

Today and everyday we celebrate the women who consistently pave the way in all aspects of life; the political, the social, and the personal. Historically women have led at the forefront of our liberation movements, and Black women are a constant example of this fact. When we study the Black Panther Party, we learn that two thirds of membership was comprised of women, and this trend continues today.

Photo: A Black Panther Party Postcard designed by Emory Douglas, 1968

#IWD2022

Please make it out today to demand Senator Aaron B

Please make it out today to demand Senator Aaron Bean vote no Monday on the #DontSayGayBill in the Florida Legislature! Today at 3pm at the Courthouse

As usual, Florida legislature is busy with legisla

As usual, Florida legislature is busy with legislation that attacks our democratic rights, this time in the form of House Bill (HB) 1571.

The bill seeks to prohibit protests “before or about” a persons residence, and can be extended to include the Governor’s Mansion.

Legislation like this only seeks to intimidate organizers and community members, and has no basis here in Florida. Make sure you are contacting your representatives to demand they oppose HB 1571!

Ready to take action? Message our page today to get involved!

#BlackLivesMatter

Currently being live-streamed through the @northsi

Currently being live-streamed through the @northsidecoalitionofjax Facebook page! Please tune in!

🕊 REST IN POWER AHMAUD ARBERY 🕊 It’s with

🕊 REST IN POWER AHMAUD ARBERY 🕊

It’s with a heavy heart that we pay tribute to our brother, Ahmaud Arbery, stolen from his loved ones two years ago today, on February 23rd, 2020.

It would be easy to say the world watched in horror of this modern day lynching, which it did. It also unfortunately isn’t the first time, as we have witnessed the killings of Keegan Roberts, of Jordan Davis, of Trayvon Martin, right here in Jacksonville and Florida itself. We have watched as the so called justice system routinely emboldens the white vigilante violence that stole their lives from us. The same system is actively aiding the avoidance of police accountability, and even worse, seeks to jail women who dare defend themselves like Diamonds Ford and Marissa Alexander.

We have a responsibility to fight back for Ahmaud and for the countless other lives stolen from us or locked in jail- beyond convictions determined by the same state enacting violence against our communities. Join the movement today.

#JusticeForAll
#BlackLivesMatter
#JailKillerCops
#CommunityControlNOW

Join @unfsds tomorrow for their Black History Mont

Join @unfsds tomorrow for their Black History Month panel!

Our very own Christina Kittle will be presenting on the panel alongside other movement leaders, including: Ben Frazier, CAC’s Tionna Jefferson, and Sharif Hall.

Invite a friend and come out to learn more about the history of the Black Liberation Struggle!

#BlackLivesMatter

POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7 PM! Today is our last day

POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 7 PM!

Today is our last day to vote in the special election for Jacksonville City Council At Large Group 3 seat.

City council is fundamental in determining the direction our city takes- from how much money JSO receives of our city budget, to whether or not we conduct the safer together committee meetings, and so much more. We have a duty to ensure the person elected aligns with our community’s values, and is not beholden to the current status quo!

Tag us in your voting photos! Make sure your loved ones have voted! If you have the resources to carpool others, please do so! We got this!

#BlackLivesMatter
#PeoplesBudgetNow
#PoliceAccountabilityNow

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