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Mobilization4Mumia Mobilization4Mumia.com mobilization4mumia@gmail.com PRESS RELEASE April 22, 2024 Contact: Sophia Williams 917-806-0521; Gabe Bryant 215-687-3754; Joe Piette 610-931-2615  Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal will turn 70 on April 24.  This important life milestone will be observed in Philadelphia with the delivery of 1,000 petitions, collected in France, to District Attorney Larry Krasner and to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh…

A march called “From West Africa to West Philly to the West Bank, we shall set us free," held in Philadelphia on Jan. 15. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday – was highlighted by a focus on political prisoners from Mumia Abu-Jamal in the U.S. to Ahmad Sa'adat in Palestine.  The…

We asked fourth-graders from Sunflower Elementary to respond to the question: What does Christmas mean to you? Here are their responses, original and unedited. Fifth-graders provided artwork for the ads

Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 69th birthday was celebrated in his hometown of Philadelphia on April 23, with a march starting at 52nd and Market streets. Participants came from Philadelphia, New York, Boston and New Jersey. The march through the West Philadelphia community received a positive response from people on the street.…

May Day 2022 marked a year when worker organizing crested in historic resurgence in the U.S.  Mass outrage against racism, embodied in earlier enormous Black Lives Matter protests, flowed into red-hot anger at the bosses’ exploitation of workers’ heroic frontline efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result? Workers walked off…

Human rights and community activists in six countries held online and in-person events to mark the date 40 years ago, when award-winning Philadelphia journalist, radio personality and Black Panther Party veteran was nearly killed and unjustly charged with a crime he did not commit. Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested, convicted and…

WHYY By “We Breathe, We Live: Brotherly Love Protest Stories" May is Mental Health Awareness Month. How do we cope after traumatic events like the deaths of people of color during altercations with police? A new documentary shares powerful, emotional, first-person experiences of men who participated in Black Lives Matter protests in Philadelphia in 2020. WHYY-TV premieres the film “We Breathe, We Live: Brotherly Love Protest Stories” Monday night at 9 p.m. It’s a collaboration between F...