Black Love Resists in the Rust
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Creating a political and organizing home for Black and Brown folks in Buffalo NY dedicated to eliminating the harms of the Buffalo Police Department.
Buffalo, NY
Joined February 2018
Fill out and share this questionnaire WIDELY! đź“‹đź—Ł The @BFLO_CC released a public questionnaire asking 1. Do you support calls to #DefundThePolice 2. How would you like to see those funds used? https://t.co/khuaIOlyCF
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Lifelong Buffalonian Phylicia Brown @BLRRBuffalo reflects on healing, justice and reparations. Read: https://t.co/wfHM8R5YJ3
#TopsShooting #Buffalo #BLM
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For more than a century, city leaders have extracted resources from East Side residents, while doing little to address the systemic food shortages plaguing Black Buffalonians.
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Over 95% of 911 calls in Erie County don't involve a crime, but police are sent anyway. Better way: send community responder teams instead of police. Learn about a pilot proposal to bring a community responder team to Erie County and share your opinion at https://t.co/3G7Pr7qpuu
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"We don’t need 100,000 more police to do the same thing all over again." #1994CrimeBill
https://t.co/ivgVZvJI9N
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President Biden’s on-again, off-again plan to fund a massive police expansion repeats the errors of his disastrous 1994 crime bill.
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Had the pleasure of talking with Jomo Muhammad of @MXGMNational and @BabaAk for this article “Mutulu Shakur Has Terminal Cancer And Less Than Six Months To Live, Organizers Are Making A Major Push For His Release
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Despite being eligible for parole and reportedly less than six months to live, Mutulu Shakur is again requesting compassionate release.
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BREAKING: #CleanSlateNY passes out of the Senate Rules committee and heads to the floor for a vote. Thank you @AndreaSCousins for advancing this urgent legislation. @CarlHeastie, let's get the People's House in motion! OUR STATEMENT:
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BREAKING: #CleanSlateNY just advanced out of the Senate Rules committee and heads to the floor for a vote. Thank you @AndreaSCousins for advancing this urgent legislation. @CarlHeastie, let's get the People's House in motion!
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To donate to the fund for longer-term mental health and food access support:
donate-usa.keela.co
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We are collecting a list of Mental Health Counselors who will open their books to add in more individuals, provide support groups, etc. Please message us your name, and what you are able to offer.
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The Tops Food Bus is at MASTEN’s Resource Council of WNY on Ferry from NOON to 5p today!
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Mental Health Counselors are available today and tomorrow at a drop in center at the Johnnie B. Wiley Center, 1100 Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo from 9am-9pm. Everyone is welcome.
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Our hearts are with every individual and family directly impacted by this incident.
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We are extremely outraged by the horrific incident at Tops on Jefferson. We want to be clear that what took place at Tops was nothing less than an act of domestic terrorism.
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(3) Any safety plan that centers police and the carceral system will not work. We must build a plan that centers a love for our young people. Read our full statement here:
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(2) We call on the Buffalo Public School District and City Officials to implement a comprehensive plan to keep our children and youth safe. We cannot charge and prosecute our way out of this.
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(1) Last week's shooting and stabbing outside of McKinley High School marked a dark day in our city's history. Our hearts are with all impacted by the incident, especially those injured.
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Today, we’ll be at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (@OfficialFBOP) demanding they release Dr. #MutuluShakur. Join us all day by participating in our #FreeMutuluNOW Online Vigil! Light a candle. Write a message. Use the hashtag #FreeMutuluNOW. Take a pic. Tag the FBOP. Post! 🕯❣️
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📢❣️🌹 TODAY at 5PM EST! Let’s put our #BlackLove in Action for Dr. #MutuluShakur! Join us & demand @POTUS @JoeBiden & @OfficialFBOP release him immediately! Baba is a respected elder & healer & should be home w/his loved ones. #FreeMutuluNOW #WeLoveMutulu 📍FBOP 1st & C ST NW
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Black Buffalonians, start your New Year with BLRR and take the NYS Public Safety Survey at one of our tabling locations. Together we can create a new vision for healthy, safe and thriving Black communities. More details below! #WeKeepUsSafe
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Together we can create a new vision for community safety! Black Buffalonians, catch us Saturday at the Wakanda Alliance Winter Drive and take our Public Safety Survey. All survey participants will receive $20
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