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If your organisation shared a Black Lives Matter solidarity statement, then you should be posting about #EndSARS
and amplifying Nigerian voices. When you made a commitment to support BLM, you made a commitment to support Black lives globally.
Img via @88nas (Instagram)
If your organisation shared a Black Lives Matter solidarity statement, then you should be posting about #EndSARS
and amplifying Nigerian voices. When you made a commitment to support BLM, you made a commitment to support Black lives globally. Img via @88nas (Instagram)
The Nigerian government is trying to deny the killing of innocent protestors, it is important to speak out and spread information so that they are unable to do so.
We’re disappointed to see that many of the Arts organisations in Wales who announced their support of BLM...
We’re disappointed to see that many of the Arts organisations in Wales who announced their support of BLM...
on social media over the summer, are now quiet about #ENDSARS in Nigeria. Many organisations have exhibited Nigerian Artists or wanted to reach their local Black, including Nigerian communities, so why are you quiet now?
in Nigeria. Many organisations have exhibited Nigerian Artists or wanted to reach their local Black, including Nigerian communities, so why are you quiet now?
Black people are not a commodity.
Your silence only goes to show that care about Black Lives when you can extract cultural value from them and ‘put them on display’.
Your silence only goes to show that care about Black Lives when you can extract cultural value from them and ‘put them on display’.
We’re aware many organisations - as they did in the summer - will say that they haven’t tweeted about #ENDSARS because staff are furloughed, or working from home. Yet, they’re continuing to tweet about upcoming projects, events, and money received from the Wales Cultural Fund.
because staff are furloughed, or working from home. Yet, they’re continuing to tweet about upcoming projects, events, and money received from the Wales Cultural Fund.
Black People’s Lives matter all day, every day - not when it suits you or when you have the time or when it fits neatly into your working schedule
If you say you that Black Lives Matter, then ALL Black Lives should matter in ALL countries, in ALL contexts
If you say you that Black Lives Matter, then ALL Black Lives should matter in ALL countries, in ALL contexts
What you can do:
*DO NOT* sign petitions for the UK government to impose sanctions on the Nigeran government. People have asked that you do not sign this petition, as this is likely to negatively affect Nigerian citizens the most.
*DO NOT* sign petitions for the UK government to impose sanctions on the Nigeran government. People have asked that you do not sign this petition, as this is likely to negatively affect Nigerian citizens the most.
*DO*
Learn the context of what’s happening through the #endSARS hashtag and use your platform to amplify the voices of Nigerians who are posting as things happen. Read this thread by @annie_etc_ for background on SARS https://twitter.com/annie_etc_/status/1315288367823818756
Learn the context of what’s happening through the #endSARS
hashtag and use your platform to amplify the voices of Nigerians who are posting as things happen. Read this thread by @annie_etc_ for background on SARS https://twitter.com/annie_etc_/status/1315288367823818756
Follow people such as @briticoyemo, @fkabudu & Yagazie Emezi ( https://www.instagram.com/yagazieemezi/?hl=en) who are using their platform to update people on what’s going on.
Use information from trusted resources. We found this article by @galdemzine helpful to put this thread together and find out who to follow and what actions to take in the context of people outside Nigeria. https://gal-dem.com/how-to-support-the-endsars-protests-outside-of-nigeria/
If you’re able to, donate. @feminist_co are taking donations to support protesters with medical aid, food and water, legal aid and accommodation via bitcoin https://twitter.com/feminist_co/status/1316676470115307521
There’s also a Gofundme for LGBTQIA+ protestors https://www.gofundme.com/f/end-sars-emergency-aid-fund?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet
Write to your MP. @BlackBalladUK are calling on people in the UK to write to your MP and ‘Demand that the UK government stops any and all funding to the Nigerian Security Services and speaks out against the possible war crimes that we are witnessing.'
You can find a template to write to your MP here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wmXSWRObuki7skeIZ0NoD59ziTqrwqdB-2FKDB6ocNQ/edit
Sign the petition for President Buhari to be charged before the ICC for crimes against humanity: https://www.change.org/p/international-criminal-court-petition-for-president-buhari-to-be-charged-before-the-icc-for-crimes-against-humanity?recruiter=1158133141&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=05022e00-135c-11eb-8202-bbb5b71e2182
Please share, support how you can & spread the word. Feel free to add any further resources in response to this thread.
#EndSarsNow #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeraNOW
#EndSarsNow #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeraNOW
