Rasmea wants you on the bus to CAARPR’s #BlackLivesMatter rally & march August 29

– August 25, 2015
Ride a bus with the AAAN’s youth organizing program, the Arab Women’s Committee, and me this Saturday, to a downtown rally in Arab and Palestinian solidarity with the movement for […]
Ride a bus with the AAAN’s youth organizing program, the Arab Women’s Committee, and me this Saturday, to a downtown rally in Arab and Palestinian solidarity with the movement for #BlackLivesMatter, and specifically to #StopPoliceCrimes and #EnactCPAC (Civilian Police Accountability Council).  I am honored to be one of the activists that was asked to speak at this rally in support of the Black community in Chicago and the U.S.

Rasmea stop killing black people

Painting of Rasmea by Bay Area artists Priya Handa & Sharif Zakout

This is going to be the largest Chicago gathering for police accountability and against police crimes in many years, and we will be leading a solidarity contingent (info below) amongst thousands of Black Chicagoans and their supporters.

We want you to join us!

WHEN:
Gather Saturday, August 29th, 2015, at 10 AM (rally downtown starts at Noon [see the poster below])WHERE:

Offices of the AAAN, 3148 W. 63rd Street, 2nd Floor, southwest Chicago

On Saturday, August 29th, 2015, thousands of Chicagoans and others from across the country will rally and march against police violence, and in support of CPAC.

The AAAN is mobilizing heavy for this historic effort organized and led by our close friends at the

Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), and are calling on all Arabs, Palestinians, and supporters to join our contingent on the 29th.  We’ll have posters, banners, and flags, but always feel free to bring your own, understanding that the theme is Arab solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter in the movement to #StopPoliceCrimes and #EnactCPAC.

Check out this interview with my good friend, CAARPR Field Organizer Frank Chapman


 
Rasmea Odeh
Associate Director,
Arab American Action Network (AAAN)