We are Families Demanding Justice (FDJ), a national network of families and loved ones of victims of police brutality, coming together to get justice for all stolen lives and to end the epidemic of police brutality in this country. We seek to organize impacted families, friends, and people under the gun of the police, bring them forward as a force to rebuild the movement against police brutality.
As a way to build up this movement, for the last two years, FDJ has taken up organizing around the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality on October 22nd (or O22 for short). Last year, we organized twenty-two O22 protests around the country (including one inside the Cook County Jail in Chicago), where hundreds of people joined with families across the country, in the streets, and marching on government buildings to demand justice for all stolen lives. Our vision for O22 is that one day, it becomes a time every year where millions of people will take the streets, in every state and every city, demanding justice and an end to police brutality.
This year, we are asking public figures to endorse our 2026 call for O22. An endorsement would be simply attaching your name to the bottom of the letter below which we will make public by the end of August. Having your name on the call for O22 will help immensely in our effort to reach more people and get them organized for O22, where ever they live. If you would like to support this initiative further, please let us know and we would love to work with you. You can make a post or video about O22 for your audience, invite an FDJ member on your platform to talk about police brutality, or help organize an O22 protest in your location. There are many ways to get involved and support.
Stand with impacted families and people under the gun of police brutality, fighting to put an end to it, once and for all!
2026 Endorsements:
- Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice
- Michael Brown Sr., father of Michael Brown Jr.
- Shernaleria Eccles, mother of Antonio Casseem Armstrong
- Yvonne De La Torre, partner of Alejandro Campos Rios
- Charlotta Pritchett, partner of Timothy Glaze
- Jennifer Baxtron, mother of Terron Evans Jr.
- Jennie Ruiz, sister of Charlie Salinas
- Elizabeth Gonzalez, mother of Alexander Gonzalez
- Samantha Path, mother of Rocco Robinson
- Olivia Villalobos, mother of Peter Villalobos
- Brandie Astran, sister of Kristy Gale Astran
- Dr. James David Maciel, father of Isaiah James Maciel
- Jacilet Griffin, mother of Evan Lee
- Jeanne Llera, mother of Jorge Antonio Gomez
- Marimar Martinez
- Mama Efia Nwangaza
- Dr. Joy James, FTP Movement
- Kalonji Jama Changa, FTP Movement / Black Power Media
- Angel Gonzales, The Bloc Podcast
- Dare to Struggle NYC
- Revolutionary Action New Mexico
- Malcolm X Center for Self Determination
- Afrikan American Institute for Policy Studies & Planning
- Black Power Media
- FTP Movement
- Ohio Families United Against Police Brutality (OFUAPB)
- Dare to Struggle Chicago
- Protect Our Stolen Treasures (POST)
- Stolen Lives Project South Carolina
- Stop Cop Nation South Carolina
- Reparations Coalition South Carolina
- October 22nd Coalition South Carolina
- Dare to Struggle Austin
- Jailhouse Lawyers Speak
- Dare to Struggle Connecticut
- Dare to Struggle Bay Area
- Dare to Struggle Seattle
- Dare to Struggle Dallas
- National Lawyers Guild
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