Thank you for joining us all tonight. For ideas in action with alisha garza. Im amity and good mitigation structure for the countrys Largest Online Racial Justice organization. And here to introduce tonights event. We are partnering with oneworld tonight to make a virtual space for critical conversation between editor and chief of oneworld and are one of our most powerful organizers and visionaries, alisha garza. In 2014 alisha rhoda he spoke post that change the world and created a movement. It read black people, i love you. I love us and our lives matter, black lives matter. That movement continued today and tonight alisha and chris will discuss the resistance and resilience of how they ground the work in a vision of collective humanity. At color change we believe everyday people are powerful enough to end the practices that are moving black people back and harming our country. We Champion Solutions that move us all forward and in the last two weeks weve had 6. 5 Million People take
Stopped by Police Respond by pulling out their cellphones tonight, more than 2,000 Missouri National guard troops are in ferguson, it is now almost 24 hours after the nation learnt that Police Officer Darren Wilson will not face charges for killing Michael Brown. Last night peaceful protests were overshadowed by violence. About buildings were burnt to the ground. With more protests tonight, police are focussed on keeping order. Robert ray joins us live from ferguson. At in point. Can you tell how people are responding to the apparent increased Police Presence . Well, you know, if you can see, they are on an active scene. You talk about ferguson burning. Its still burning. Unfortunately its still burning. Some of the structures that they thought were out smouldered. The Fire Department is behind us trying to temper this. Derek, if you can come over here a little bit. More trucks coming in, a different scene than last night when the Fire Department couldnt get into the scenarios, because
Join us on April 24 to learn about the trauma inflicted by Indian Boarding Schools and how it has affected Native communities over generations. We are grappling with the legacy of Quakers who supported the system by operating 30 such schools and working to make amends.
Join lead nuclear disarmament lobbyist Allen Hester and Tina Cordova, co-founder of the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium, for a conversation about the domestic impact of nuclear testing and how living out Quaker testimonies for peace and integrity call us to advocate with communities who still bear the scars of our country’s nuclear history. As we work collectively for a world free of nuclear weapons, we must also reckon with what those weapons have already done.
On the International Day of Peace, join FCNL for an online event featuring experts from Nonviolent Peaceforce, an organization dedicated to protecting civilians in violent conflict through unarmed strategies.