Our thoughts on recent events.

A lot has been said and written about the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, and victims of police brutality and racist violence.  We are frankly exhausted, devastated, and frustrated.  We’ve been here before. 

Our ancestors survived unimaginable brutality so that we would have a chance to be here now.  Our grandparents marched so that we would have a chance to escape the grips of Jim Crow and Segregation.  Our fathers endured the war on drugs and mass incarceration.  Our mothers have been forced to bury their children before it’s their time.  We’ve seen the bodies of our mothers, sisters, aunts, brothers, uncles, and fathers litter the fields.  The blood soaked streets cry out for justice.  COVID-19 is still killing us.

America is appalled and shocked. We’ve been here before.  This time America’s thoughts and prayers and simple and platitudes will not do.  America’s silence systematic racism and police brutality is no longer acceptable.  We need America to act. Nothing less than action and a change of the status quo will be accepted.   

It is time for America to:

#SayHisName.

EMMETT TILL - ERIC GARNER - JOHN CRAWFORD III - MICHAEL BROWN - EZELL FORD - DANTE PARKER - MICHELLE CUSSEAUX - LAQUAN MCDONALD - TANISHA ANDERSON - AKAI GURLEY - TAMIR RICE - RUMAIN BRISBON - JERAME REID - JOSEPH MANN - MATTHEW AJIBADE - JAMES N. POWELL JR. - FRANK SMART - NATASHA MCKENNA - TONY ROBINSON - ANTHONY HILL - MYA HALL - PHILLIP WHITE - ERIC HARRIS - WALTER SCOTT - WILLIAM CHAPMAN II - ALEXIA CHRISTIAN - BRENDON GLENN - VICTOR MANUEL LAROSA - JONATHAN SANDERS - FREDDIE CARLOS GRAY JR. - JOSEPH MANN - SALVADO ELLSWOOD - SANDRA BLAND - ALBERT JOSEPH DAVIS - DARRIUS STEWART - BILLY RAY DAVIS - SAMUEL DUBOSE - MICHAEL SABBIE - BRIAN KEITH DAY - CHRISTIAN TAYLOR - TROY ROBINSON - ASSHAMS PHAROAH MANLEY - FELIX KUMI - KEITH HARRISON MCLEOD - JUNIOR PROSPER - LAMONTEZ JONES - PATERSON BROWN - DOMINIC HUTCHINSON - ANTHONY ASHFORD - ALONZO SMITH - TYREE CRAWFORD - INDIA KAGER - LA’VANTE BIGGS - MICHAEL LEE MARSHALL - JAMAR CLARK - RICHARD PERKINS - NATHANIEL HARRIS PICKETT - BENNI LEE TIGNOR - MIGUEL ESPINAL - MICHAEL NOEL - KEVIN MATTHEWS - BETTIE JONES - QUINTONIO LEGRIER - KEITH CHILDRESS JR. - JANET WILSON - RANDY NELSON - ANTRONIE SCOTT - WENDELL CELESTINE - DAVID JOSEPH - CALIN ROQUEMORE - DYZHAWN PERKINS - CHRISTOPHER DAVIS - MARCO LOUD - PETER GAINES - TORREY ROBINSON - DARIUS ROBINSON - KEVIN HICKS - MARY TRUXILLO - DEMARCUS SEMER - WILLIE TILLMAN - TERRILL THOMAS - SYLVILLE SMITH - ALTON STERLING - PHILANDO CASTILE - TERENCE CRUTCHER - PAUL O’NEAL - ALTERIA WOODS - BOBBY RUSS - JORDAN EDWARDS - AARON BAILEY - RONELL FOSTER - STEPHON CLARK - ANTWON ROSE II - MALICE GREEN - AIYANA STANLEY JONES - BOTHAM JEAN - PAMELA TURNER - DOMINIQUE CLAYTON - ATATIANA JEFFERSON - CHRISTOPHER WHITFIELD - VICTOR WHITE III - CHRISTOPHER MCCORVEY - REGINALD DOUCET JR. - DANROY "DJ" HENRY JR. - ERIC REASON - KORRYN GAINES - REKIA BOYD - KIONTE SPENCER - DARIUS TARVER - MANUEL ELLIS - VICTOR DUFFY JR. - KOBE DIMOCK-HEISLER - COREY JONES - TYRE KING - MICHAEL LORENZO DEAN - TRAYVON MARTIN - RENISHA MCBRIDE - OSCAR GRANT III - BREONNA TAYLOR - KALIEF BROWDER - DARRIEN HUNT - WILLIAM GREEN - AHMAUD ARBERY - TONY MCDADE - GEORGE FLOYD

*List courtesy of BabyNames.com 

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