Reminder for our demands today & some political education to get you prepped, a thread:
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We’re demanding that these schools divest from all law enforcement and military agencies, including CPD, FOP, ICE, and the private campus police that terrorize Black students and the Black communities these campuses intrude on
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That includes UCPD & NUPD, here’s our graphic rendering of @BLMChi #Fuck12Friday on private police
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As for those without direct private campus police forces, we’re still demanding that any and all ties to CPD and FOP be cut asap
Here’s some basics about FOP
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Here’s some basics about FOP
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We want to remind people that COPS ARE NOT WORKERS, that our universities have real workers (especially our Black & Brown dinning/dorm workers that need support), and that we should not be interacting with the FOP AT ALL
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We also want to acknowledge that the claim that our colleges/universities “can” reform the cop is ignorant at best and incredibly violent at worst
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Along with divesting from these domestic institutions, we want to uplift the BDS campaign from Palestinian students to demand our colleges compile @sjpchi
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We also included our own education surrounding who exactly has refused to participate with the BDS campaign 7c/
As we support divestment, we also believe that community care is the only way to keep us safe & that means re-investing in Black communities & students health & well being
Esp when we know too many incident mirror UCPDs handling of Charles “Soji” Thomas w/ @care_not_cops
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Esp when we know too many incident mirror UCPDs handling of Charles “Soji” Thomas w/ @care_not_cops
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To that end, we also uplift and support organizations working towards transformative justice and implementing those practices in our own communities
Graphics reposted from @copsoutofNU
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Graphics reposted from @copsoutofNU
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& lastly, we REALLY want to emphasize that here we follow the lead of student organizers who also rep their local orgs. Here we uplift the work of ppl on the ground. Here we KNOW that the Acadmey will not lead a revolution
A PWI is not brining about radical change y’all
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A PWI is not brining about radical change y’all
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& so, we follow the lead and calls by our local Chicago orgs, we support and amplify, we leverage the power of our institutions
This is not an exhaustive list of demands as we are ever growing, learning, & building
and we hope you all will join us in this important work
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This is not an exhaustive list of demands as we are ever growing, learning, & building
and we hope you all will join us in this important work
11/11 https://twitter.com/solidaritystchi/status/1289598223875596288">https://twitter.com/solidarit...