Support Housing Encampments
Yesterday, those staying at the housing encampments survived the city's third attempt at an eviction. They have now passed the final deadline for dispersion and suspect that the city will send in police at any time to try to take down the camps. The organizers are calling for support. Here are a few ways to help:
Show up. They need to keep a strong presence at the camps to discourage the city from entering. There are two camps. Camp JTD located at 22nd & Ben Franklin Blvd. Camp Teddy located at Ridge Ave. & Jefferson St.
Call, email and tweet Mayor Kenney and Acting Managing Director Tumar Alexander and demand they #StopTheSweeps. Mayor Kenney - james.kenney@phila.gov, 215-686-2181, @phillymayor. Tumar Alexander - tumar.alexander@phila.gov, 215-686-3480.
Bring Supplies. This includes food, tents, bedding, medical supplies, hygiene needs, and art supplies. Check the camp's social medias for their current supply requests.
Donate. You can venmo Camp JTD @domimc.
Stay up to date on what's going on and how to help by following Camp JTD and Camp Teddy on social media. Instagram: @campjtd. Twitter: @PhlHousing and @CampJTD. Additional information on their website.
Yesterday, those staying at the housing encampments survived the city's third attempt at an eviction. They have now passed the final deadline for dispersion and suspect that the city will send in police at any time to try to take down the camps. The organizers are calling for support. Here are a few ways to help:
Show up. They need to keep a strong presence at the camps to discourage the city from entering. There are two camps. Camp JTD located at 22nd & Ben Franklin Blvd. Camp Teddy located at Ridge Ave. & Jefferson St.
Call, email and tweet Mayor Kenney and Acting Managing Director Tumar Alexander and demand they #StopTheSweeps. Mayor Kenney - james.kenney@phila.gov, 215-686-2181, @phillymayor. Tumar Alexander - tumar.alexander@phila.gov, 215-686-3480.
Bring Supplies. This includes food, tents, bedding, medical supplies, hygiene needs, and art supplies. Check the camp's social medias for their current supply requests.
Donate. You can venmo Camp JTD @domimc.
Stay up to date on what's going on and how to help by following Camp JTD and Camp Teddy on social media. Instagram: @campjtd. Twitter: @PhlHousing and @CampJTD. Additional information on their website.
#FreeOurYouth Town Hall
Six months into the COVID-19 crisis, there are still over 100 young people held in detention in Philadelphia, at youth detention centers or in adult jails. This Wednesday at 6pm, join youth organizers for a virtual town hall, where they will speak about the urgent need to bring young people home during this pandemic and beyond. Hear from currently and formerly incarcerated young people, their families, and communities members, and stand with them as they call on the city to #FreeOurYouth. Register here.
(From Philly We Rise, follow them on all things)
Six months into the COVID-19 crisis, there are still over 100 young people held in detention in Philadelphia, at youth detention centers or in adult jails. This Wednesday at 6pm, join youth organizers for a virtual town hall, where they will speak about the urgent need to bring young people home during this pandemic and beyond. Hear from currently and formerly incarcerated young people, their families, and communities members, and stand with them as they call on the city to #FreeOurYouth. Register here.
(From Philly We Rise, follow them on all things)
#Philly We Rise
Philly We Rise - How to take action in 2017
Updates on actions, trainings, and volunteer opportunities responding to the Trump agenda in the city of brotherly love.
Upcoming Events
Sept 12, 1-4 PM Let's Stay Together: Community Rally for Racial Justice Malcolm X Park, 51st & Pine Streets, Philadelphia
Sept 15, 7-10 PM Protest Trump's Philly Townhall Philadelphia
Sept 16, 10-11:30 AM Kensington Mutual Aid Fair Norris Square, 2100 N. Howard Street, Philadelphia
Sept 16, 6-7:30 PM #FreeOurYouth Virtual Town Hall Online
Sept 17, 12-1 PM Put Vacant Land in Community Hands Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia
Sept 19, 2-3 PM Down with Berks Detention Center! Vigil 1040 Berks Rd, Leesport
Oct 1, 4-5:30 PM Philadelphia Medicaid March 400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia
Oct 13, 7 PM 2020 Tribute to Change: Liberation in our Lifetime Online
Sept 12 - Oct 14 Philly Voting Champion Trainings Online
Oct 15, 9 AM Save Our Children Speakout City Hall, 1401 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia
Oct 15, 5:30-6:30 PM Art of Activism: Activism is a Choir, Not a Solo Online
Sept 12, 1-4 PM Let's Stay Together: Community Rally for Racial Justice Malcolm X Park, 51st & Pine Streets, Philadelphia
Sept 15, 7-10 PM Protest Trump's Philly Townhall Philadelphia
Sept 16, 10-11:30 AM Kensington Mutual Aid Fair Norris Square, 2100 N. Howard Street, Philadelphia
Sept 16, 6-7:30 PM #FreeOurYouth Virtual Town Hall Online
Sept 17, 12-1 PM Put Vacant Land in Community Hands Dilworth Park, 1 S. 15th Street, Philadelphia
Sept 19, 2-3 PM Down with Berks Detention Center! Vigil 1040 Berks Rd, Leesport
Oct 1, 4-5:30 PM Philadelphia Medicaid March 400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia
Oct 13, 7 PM 2020 Tribute to Change: Liberation in our Lifetime Online
Sept 12 - Oct 14 Philly Voting Champion Trainings Online
Oct 15, 9 AM Save Our Children Speakout City Hall, 1401 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia
Oct 15, 5:30-6:30 PM Art of Activism: Activism is a Choir, Not a Solo Online
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
Police in Lancaster PA shot an killed an Autistic man at 4:15 pm. Police say he was armed with a knife. Protesters have gathered into the streets tonight in Lancaster PA.
https://www.wgal.com/article/officer-involved-shooting-in-lancaster/34004688
https://www.wgal.com/article/officer-involved-shooting-in-lancaster/34004688
Hey friends- we have a RUST for Central PA now.
Getting scanner coverage for Lancaster and Reading
If you have tips or need to let us know something, please send a message to @RUSTContactBot
@CentralPARUST
Getting scanner coverage for Lancaster and Reading
If you have tips or need to let us know something, please send a message to @RUSTContactBot
@CentralPARUST
Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
CW: Ethnic Cleansing
The United States has participated in mass hysterectomies at different points in its history, but it should have been included in one of the things we say never again to after we abolished North Carolina inmate sterilization laws. An ICE Nurse at Irwin County Detention Center has whistleblown. There is no way all of these women need emergency hysterectomies. This is literal nazi shit happening again. Our response when they separated families was to occupy facilities. We are ready for #OcuppyICE Round 2 when you are.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/like-an-experimental-concentration-camp-whistleblower-complaint-alleges-mass-hysterectomies-at-ice-detention-center/
The United States has participated in mass hysterectomies at different points in its history, but it should have been included in one of the things we say never again to after we abolished North Carolina inmate sterilization laws. An ICE Nurse at Irwin County Detention Center has whistleblown. There is no way all of these women need emergency hysterectomies. This is literal nazi shit happening again. Our response when they separated families was to occupy facilities. We are ready for #OcuppyICE Round 2 when you are.
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/like-an-experimental-concentration-camp-whistleblower-complaint-alleges-mass-hysterectomies-at-ice-detention-center/
Law & Crime
Whistleblower: There Were Mass Hysterectomies at ICE Facility | Law & Crime
Several legal advocacy groups on Monday filed a whistleblower complaint on behalf of a nurse at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center documenting “jarring medical neglect” within the facility, including a refusal to test detainees…
Comrades, here we are on the eve of Trump's visit. Please send any calls to action you have received to the @RUSTcontactBot so we can make a full listing here tomorrow.
Forwarded from Philly RUST
A note on jurisdiction:
When you are detained or arrested, your location and which agency does the arresting can really affect how things go for you down the line.
There is a map of the Independence Mall area at https://nps.gov/inde/planyourvisit.htm that shows what the park service had jurisdiction over. These would be federal areas. Add to that the "statues and monuments" act and a lot of Old City becomes Federal. This changes how protests are treated.
Stay smart today, make sure you have the Up Against the Law hotline number on your arm (484- 758-0388) and watch out for your comrades.
When you are detained or arrested, your location and which agency does the arresting can really affect how things go for you down the line.
There is a map of the Independence Mall area at https://nps.gov/inde/planyourvisit.htm that shows what the park service had jurisdiction over. These would be federal areas. Add to that the "statues and monuments" act and a lot of Old City becomes Federal. This changes how protests are treated.
Stay smart today, make sure you have the Up Against the Law hotline number on your arm (484- 758-0388) and watch out for your comrades.