Join the Anti Police-Terror Project for the 8th annual March to Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy and Healing Justice Village.
ATPT writes: “Join us to march & mourn the lives we’ve lost to violence in the streets and at the hands of the police. In the radical spirit of Dr. King, we demand “an all-out war on poverty” and an end to violence through healing — not a war on people, not more police. We will march and heal together as a united community.. . .
We will conclude our march by gathering for a Healing Justice Village for all to come and heal from the trauma and suffering we have experienced — especially for the families who have lost loved ones to gun violence and police terror. . . .
We demand real, root-cause solutions that actually prevent violence by getting to the gun before the bullet flies. Throwing more money at criminalization while we systemically defund schools, childcare, violence prevention, jobs, housing, and other essential programs that will really allow our communities to thrive is not a solution. We know what keeps us safe — meeting the needs of our most vulnerable community members. That means housing, jobs, schools, mental health care, and violence prevention. It means prevention, not police. It means resourcing our communities, not the cops. It means investing in trauma response, not more prisons.”
WHEN
Monday, January 17, 11 AM
WHERE
11:00 am – Meet at the Port of Oakland near Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, 2777 Middle Harbor Rd., and listen to speakers
• 12:30 pm – Car caravan departs and ends with drive-thru mutual aid giveaway organized by Community Ready Corps and Mental Health First.
More info and RSVP here
Martin Luther King, Jr. recognized that environmental justice is key. And he expressed a deep ecological vision:
“It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one destiny, affects all indirectly.” — Matin Luther King