On April 24th – 26th, Families Demanding Justice will be hosting the “Re-Build The Movement Against Police Brutality and Against The Grifters” conference in Chicago, IL. We will gather families impacted by police brutality and activists from around the country to discuss the state of our movement. We’ll discuss what will it take to end police brutality in the US and what’s holding it back? We will also be bringing together prominent voices to analyze the twists and turns of the movement, its high points and shortcomings, and to encourage spirited debates among participants.
What will be covered at the conference?
The conference will feature a series of panels and roundtables to dive into the key topics on how we fight to end police brutality. This will the following, click on each heading for more details:
Why should families speak for themselves?
A panel on the importance of being persistent in our fights for justice, why families must speak out and not remain silent, and how uniting families can be a powerful weapon against police brutality.
What happens when the cameras leave?
Presentations on the reality families face when their loved ones’ cases leave the spotlight, the physical, emotional, and financial burden they are left with, and how we can come up with collective solutions to the burdens of impacted families and victims of police brutality.
What about a lawsuit? Movement Lawyers vs. Ambulance Chasers
Presentation and discussion on the differences between opportunist lawyers looking for a check and people’s attorneys who take on the fight against police brutality seriously.
Who are our friends? Who are our enemies? Who are the grifters?
Mini-panel discussing the movement against police brutality in the last 20 years, identifying its weaknesses and strengths, and what (and who) we are up against in an effort to re-build a mass movement. How have efforts at police reform in Chicago actually protected Chicago PD from real accountability?
Abolition, Community Control, or Mass Resistance?
Presentations on the various goals and strategies within the movement and discussing what we should be fighting for and how. We’ll answer whether we should look to Leftist strategies of abolition and community control of police, or should we fight to spread mass resistance like Ferguson in 2014 and Baltimore in 2015.
Pol(ICE): Connecting the struggle against police brutality and ICE terror
A panel of families, lawyers, and people impacted by ICE discussing the impacts of ICE terror across the country, the fight to get justice, the connection between our movements, and how we can join forces against the system.
Re-Building the Movement Against Police Brutality
Summing up the weekend and putting forward a strong case for how we can go beyond the weekend to build a sustained, mass movement against police brutality.
Stolen Lives Ceremony
We will conclude the conference with a ceremony to recognize and honor the stolen lives represented at the conference by their friends and families.
Join us for this important and powerful weekend where we will leave with a clear vision for the future of our movement.
Make sure to register at https://tinyurl.com/2mtwjewy
Send an email to familiesdemandingjustice@proton.me with any questions!
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