#BlackLivesmatter
Our Response: In defense of #BlackLivesMatter
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Get Involved. We are all concerned with solutions to do more than stand (symbolically) in solidarity. To get involved with BSA’s committee on Issues and Advocacy please sign up at http://www.dukebsa.org/get-involved.html. If you want to join a black think tank whose goal is to critically engage the community and join other like-minded black affinity groups to fight against injustice, then please sign up.
Our generation has the opportunity to utilize digital media like never before. It has in many ways become a platform to speak out against the world’s injustices. During the night of November 24th there were 3.5 million tweets alone about Ferguson.
The NAACP has urged supporters to share the following message to actively stand in solidarity with Ferguson and their efforts by sharing this post: “I stand against police brutality, and will not rest until #JusticeforMichael is served. Join us: http://naacp.org/ferguson #NAACP”
http://www.naacp.org/pages/justice-for-michael-brown
Campaign Zero uses research and analysis to find ways to end police violence through political action. Be informed on suggested policy solutions to police violence and urge your representatives to take action: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
Our generation has the opportunity to utilize digital media like never before. It has in many ways become a platform to speak out against the world’s injustices. During the night of November 24th there were 3.5 million tweets alone about Ferguson.
The NAACP has urged supporters to share the following message to actively stand in solidarity with Ferguson and their efforts by sharing this post: “I stand against police brutality, and will not rest until #JusticeforMichael is served. Join us: http://naacp.org/ferguson #NAACP”
http://www.naacp.org/pages/justice-for-michael-brown
Campaign Zero uses research and analysis to find ways to end police violence through political action. Be informed on suggested policy solutions to police violence and urge your representatives to take action: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
Know Your Rights. Here is a detailed infographic that lists what agency you have in any situation involving you and police officers. Please educate yourself and share with others. http://www.online-paralegal-programs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/know-your-rights.png
Stay Connected. This site compiles live feeds from Ferguson that will allow you to stay connected to what’s going on in the community. News media can often over sensationalize, criminalize, and/or misrepresent information. Use this as a resource to get as much information from sources in the community that haven’t been cut or manipulated for purposes of a good story. http://controversialtimes.com/politics/ferguson-live-collection-of-7-live-feeds- from-ferguson/
Stay Informed. Educate those who “don’t get it.” Prepare your defense for those who will refute that race didn’t play a role in the killing of Michael Brown. #BlackLivesMatter and here’s why: http://neuronbomb.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/the-ferguson-masterpost-how- to-argue-eloquently-back-yourself-up-with-
Stay Connected. This site compiles live feeds from Ferguson that will allow you to stay connected to what’s going on in the community. News media can often over sensationalize, criminalize, and/or misrepresent information. Use this as a resource to get as much information from sources in the community that haven’t been cut or manipulated for purposes of a good story. http://controversialtimes.com/politics/ferguson-live-collection-of-7-live-feeds- from-ferguson/
Stay Informed. Educate those who “don’t get it.” Prepare your defense for those who will refute that race didn’t play a role in the killing of Michael Brown. #BlackLivesMatter and here’s why: http://neuronbomb.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/the-ferguson-masterpost-how- to-argue-eloquently-back-yourself-up-with-