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Atlanta Updates: Lesbian Activists of the Stop Cop City Movement
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Mary Hooks (L) and Lorraine Fontana (R) of Stop Cop City
Tortuguita Lives, the Struggle Continues
Stahimili Mapp is in conversation with two activists in the Atlanta area who will give updates on the Stop Cop City movement. Mary Hooks is a self-defined Black radical lesbian activist, longtime activist with Southerners On New Ground (SONG), the Black Lives Movement, and a spokesperson for the Stop Cop City Coalition. Lorraine Fontana is also a member of SONG and a supporter of Zami Nobla (the National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging) and a member of the Chris Ducusin Advocacy Collective in Atlanta, who describes herself as a working-class dyke from Queens, NY. .
Both of these women describe current efforts to end the destruction of the forest outside Atlanta in order to erect a facility to train police, firefighters and other law enforcers in the arena of urban control. We will hear updates on the status of the Stop Cop City resisters brought up on conspiracy and terrorism charges, a report on the visit last month of the parents of slain Indigenous nonbinary activist Tortuguita who delivered a message to people gathered at a Stop Cop City demo, and finally the role of queer folk in this movement.
Stop Cop City from Atlanta to Gaza
Upcoming Events: Showing of documentary film, "Reimagining Safety"
This new documentary is about how police could be replaced by community-based methods of keeping people safe. Showing:
Wed., Dec. 6 @1:30 PM - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Rm. L83
Thurs., Dec. 7 @ 10 AM - Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ
Fri., Dec. 8 @ noon - Community Panel, Princeton Univ.
Sat., Dec. 9 @ 1:30 PM - Film Screening, Princeton
More: www.reimaginingsafetymovie.com
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Queer March for Palestine in Manhattan; and the 'Pinkwashing' of Apartheid Israel's current genocide in Gaza by LGBT organizations and media outlets
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Tune into Out-FM on Tues., November 21, 2023 from 8:00-9:00 pm EDT, on 99.5 FM WBAI/NY
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Queers for Palestine, 11/12/23
Thousands of Queers March for Palestine in Manhattan
John Riley & Pauline Park will be discussing their participation in the recent Queer March for Palestine in Manhattan.
On Sunday, November 12, a crowd of young adults numbering between 2,000-2,500 gathered, rallied, and marched from Union Square to the Stonewall Inn, where they again rallied and then marched to Washington Square Park. We present a sampling of the speeches given at all 3 locations. Homemade signs expressing solidarity with Queer Palestinians and their freedom struggle were abundant. Below is a video of scenes from the Queers for Palestine march.
Queers for Palestine 15 min video.
Pro-Israel Forum Attended by Dozens
"Pinkwashing" of Apartheid Israel's current genocide in Gaza by LGBT organizations and media outlets
Pauline Park and Naomi Brussel will discuss the 'pinkwashing' of Apartheid Israel's current genocide in Gaza by LGBT community-based organizations and media outlets. They discuss the national and local LGBTQ organizations and New York's Gay City News, and the Washington Blade and some of the reasons for the positions.