SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 10AM-5PM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd, LA
(just a short walk from Wilshire/Normandie Purple Line
& Wilshire/Vermont Red/Purple Line)
Map & Directions
Join dozens of families affected by police violence from across the state of California and countless organizations that are fighting against police brutality for the Statewide Conference to End Police Terror. The conference is being held on the heels of a growing mass movement from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles to bring killer cops to justice and implement new forms of community control over the police. Click here to RSVP on Facebook!
FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Fred Hampton Jr. Chairman, P.O.C.C./B.P.P.C. |
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Youth organizers from the Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez in Santa Rosa |
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Patrisse Cullors-Brignac Coalition to End Sheriff Violence; Dignity and Power |
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Genevieve Huizar Mother of Manuel Diaz, murdered by Anaheim PD; (Genevieve recently shaved her head in honor of her son after a Federal Juryrecently rejected the charge of "excessive force" on March 6.) |
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Jim Lafferty Executive Director, L.A. National Lawyers Guild; leading "Know Your Rights" workshop |
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Sonia Hernandez Sister of Martin Hernandez, murdered by Anaheim PD; co-founder of Young Survivors |
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Arnoldo Casillas Attourney for Andy Lopez family and many other police brutality victims and families; leading "Know Your Rights" workshop |
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Cindy Sheehan Famed anti-war activist after death of her son in the Iraq war; Candidate for Governor of California (Peace & Freedom Party) |
ALSO FEATURING:
- Samuel Morris III, Free Oscar Grant Movement, cousin of Oscar Grant
- Sarah Lee Samonte, Women Organized to Resist and Defend
- Chimalli Cuetlachtli, National Brown Berets
- Hamid Khan, Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
- Christopher Arceo, 13-year-old son of Rigo Arceo, murdered by L.A. County Sheriffs
WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:
- Building a united front
- Gentrification and police brutality: an investment for the rich
- Mass incarceration in capitalist America
- Racism at the root: profiling and gang injunctions
- Political repression and how to fight back
- Raids, deportations and the fight against apartheid
- Sexism and the state: police violence is a women's issue
- Know your rights
- Patrolling the cops - strategies for community control
- Principles for agitation - how to popularize our message
Food will be provided to conference participants and transportation centers are being organized from various locations around the state.
Click here to RSVP on Facebook!
Click here for more info online!
Family endorsements:
Andy Lopez, Richard DeSantis, James Earl Rivera Jr., Kenneth Harding, Rigoberto Arceo, Ignacio Ochoa, Tony Francis, Ismael Lopez, Jason Bitz, Bobby Henning, Joe Whitehouse, Manuel Diaz, Martin Hernandez, Tyler Woods, Jose de la Trinidad, Javier Arrazola, Donte Jordan, Michael Nida, Idriss Stelley
Organizations:
Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. P.O.C.C./B.P.P.C., Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD), Young Survivors, Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez, Andy's Youth, ONYX Organizing Committee, Coalition to End Sheriff Violence, National Brown Berets, Idriss Stelley Foundation, Sleep Kills, Kenneth Harding Foundation, Nidas Rydas, KmB - Pro-People Youth, AF3IRM, Justice for Trayvon Martin - Los Angeles, Worker Student Alliance - UCI, Community Education for Social Action, March Forward!, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Youth Justice Coalition, and more...