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Puerto Rican community leaders and elected officials in the diaspora are calling for a renewed effort to assist Puerto Rico with disaster relief and recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Many families have lost their homes and need assistance with basic needs. You can help by donating to charities in Puerto Rico that are leading the effort to mitigate the unfolding humanitarian crisis: Caritas Puerto Rico---------------------------------------------------------- 201 Calle San Jorge Esquina Baldorioty de Castro San Juan, Puerto Rico 00902 P.O. Box 8812, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00910-0812 tel: 787 300-4953 http://www.caritas.org/where-caritas-work/latin-america/puerto-rico/ from https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centrovoices/current-affairs/where-donate-help-puerto-rico-disaster-relief-and-recovery-hurricanes ________________________________________________________ #prayforpuertorico #donate #caritas #hurricaneirma #disasterrelief #pepperspraymedia #reliefandrecovery #donatetocharities #sanjuan #puertorico #sanjorge #latinamerica #calle #sanjuanpuertorico #helppuertorico

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, as a small community organization based in Oakland, CA, believed that black Americans should exercise their constitutional right to defend themselves against an oppressive U.S. government. The Black Panthers’ agenda involved taking up arms and patrolling their communities to protect against rampant racism in policing. What they did in the first few months of the party’s existence, was carry guns openly in compliance with California law, drive around their neighborhoods, observing arrests and other law enforcement activities — essentially policing the police. The patrols weren’t meant to encourage violence. Don Mulford, a GOP assemblyman who represented Oakland, responded to the Black Panther police patrols in 1967 with a bill to strip Californians of the right to openly carry firearms. Mulford’s legislation, which became known as the “Panthers Bill,” passed with the support of the National Rifle Association, which apparently believed that the whole “good guy with a gun” thing didn’t apply to black people. California Gov. Ronald Reagan (R), who would later campaign for president as a steadfast defender of the Second Amendment, signed the bill into law. from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-panthers-california-1967_us_568accfce4b014efe0db2f40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #theblackpantherpartyforselfdefense #theblackpantherparty #theblackpantherpartyforselfdefense #selfdefense #oakland #california #ronaldreagan #secondamendment #panthersbill #donmulford #legislation #nra #bpp #guncontrol #nationalrifleassociation #guncontrollaws #bobbyseale #hueypnewton #californiaassembly #thecapitalbuilding #constitutionalrights #pepperspraymedia #206bpp #pepperspray #media

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, as a small community organization based in Oakland, CA, believed that black Americans should exercise their constitutional right to defend themselves against an oppressive U.S. government. The Black Panthers’ agenda involved taking up arms and patrolling their communities to protect against rampant racism in policing. What they did in the first few months of the party’s existence, was carry guns openly in compliance with California law, drive around their neighborhoods, observing arrests and other law enforcement activities — essentially policing the police. The patrols weren’t meant to encourage violence. Don Mulford, a GOP assemblyman who represented Oakland, responded to the Black Panther police patrols in 1967 with a bill to strip Californians of the right to openly carry firearms. Mulford’s legislation, which became known as the “Panthers Bill,” passed with the support of the National Rifle Association, which apparently believed that the whole “good guy with a gun” thing didn’t apply to black people. California Gov. Ronald Reagan (R), who would later campaign for president as a steadfast defender of the Second Amendment, signed the bill into law. from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-panthers-california-1967_us_568accfce4b014efe0db2f40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #theblackpantherpartyforselfdefense #theblackpantherparty #theblackpantherpartyforselfdefense #selfdefense #oakland #california #ronaldreagan #secondamendment #panthersbill #donmulford #legislation #nra #bpp #guncontrol #nationalrifleassociation #guncontrollaws #bobbyseale #hueypnewton #californiaassembly #thecapitalbuilding #constitutionalrights #pepperspraymedia #206bpp #pepperspray #media

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, as a small community organization based in Oakland, CA, believed that black Americans should exercise their constitutional right to defend themselves against an oppressive U.S. government. The Black Panthers’ agenda involved taking up arms and patrolling their communities to protect against rampant racism in policing. What they did in the first few months of the party’s existence, was carry guns openly in compliance with California law, drive around their neighborhoods, observing arrests and other law enforcement activities — essentially policing the police. The patrols weren’t meant to encourage violence. Don Mulford, a GOP assemblyman who represented Oakland, responded to the Black Panther police patrols in 1967 with a bill to strip Californians of the right to openly carry firearms. Mulford’s legislation, which became known as the “Panthers Bill,” passed with the support of the National Rifle Association, which apparently believed that the whole “good guy with a gun” thing didn’t apply to black people. California Gov. Ronald Reagan (R), who would later campaign for president as a steadfast defender of the Second Amendment, signed the bill into law. from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-panthers-california-1967_us_568accfce4b014efe0db2f40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #theblackpantherpartyforselfdefense #theblackpantherparty #theblackpantherpartyforselfdefense #selfdefense #oakland #california #ronaldreagan #secondamendment #panthersbill #donmulford #legislation #nra #bpp #guncontrol #nationalrifleassociation #guncontrollaws #bobbyseale #hueypnewton #californiaassembly #thecapitalbuilding #constitutionalrights #pepperspraymedia #206bpp #pepperspray #media

@Regrann from @luerotica - Ciara McElveen, 21 The 6th trans woman in this country killed this year. The 2nd in the state of #louisiana. "Trans women don't want any special privileges....We should have the right to live our lives open and free and not be taunted and traumatized by the general public if they don't approve." -Syria Sinclaire, a program coordinator at the Tulane Drop-in Wellness Center; worked with Ciara doing outreach to the homeless in New Orleans #ripciaramcelveen #translivesmatter #transwomenofcolor - #regrann

@Regrann from @luerotica - Chyna Gibson, 31 The 5th trans person killed this year. A New Orleans native who was well known in the ballroom community as "Chyna Doll Dupree". "Each time a person of trans experience is killed or experiences violence against them, it is an assault against all of the ideals that we as a country stand for. The ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The freedom of being who we want to be and being entitled to do so without persecution." -Evonne Kaho CEO of transgender nonprofit Love Me Unlimited 4 Life #ripchynagibson #translivesmatter #transwomenofcolor - #regrann

@Regrann from @luerotica - Keke Collier, 24 The 4th transgender woman to be killed this year. "Each time a person of trans experience is killed or experiences violence against them, it is an assault against all of the ideals that we as a country stand for. The ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The freedom of being who we want to be and being entitled to do so without persecution." -Evonne Kaho CEO of transgender nonprofit Love Me Unlimited 4 Life #ripkekecollier #translivesmatter #transwomenofcolor - #regrann

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from Q13 Fox: Seattle’s mayor wants Fremont’s privately owned Lenin statue taken down, likening it to Confederate monuments as a symbol of “hate, racism and violence.” ..... A day after a small group led by conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec called for the statue’s removal, Mayor Ed Murray agreed it should be taken from its spot in the Seattle neighborhood. http://q13fox.com/2017/08/17/seattles-mayor-lenin-statue-needs-to-come-down/ #pepperspraymedia #theyoungturks #seattle #lenin #statues #edmurray #q13fox #seattlemayor #confederatestatues #vladimirlenin #thesovietunion #weakprotest #altright #mayormurray #altrightprotest #protestfail #lowturnout #leninstatue #fremont #seattleneighborhoods #needstocomedown

from The Young Turks: "Tucker Carlson’s website the Daily Caller posted a video demonstrating how you should run over liberal protesters. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down." #pepperspraymedia #theyoungturks #psm #tyt #tuckercarlson #thedailycaller #donaldjtrump #runningoverprotesters #plowingthroughprotesters #protestinginthestreets #takingittothestreets #blockingtraffic #heatherheyer #ripheatherheyer #liberalprotesters

Jalane Schmidt, an organizer with the local Black Lives Matter movement and an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, describes the school’s history of connections to the KKK and its alumnus, white nationalist leader Richard Spencer. from https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/14/uva_professor_on_schools_historical_ties #pepperspraymedia #democracynow #jalaneschmidt #universityofvirginia #blacklivesmatter #kkk #whitenationalist #richardspencer #teresasullivan #kukluxklan #jasonkessler #uva #alums #whitesupremacy #charlottesville #ripheatherheyer #robertelee #confederatestatue #deandreharris #antifa #protest

Observation of Black August began in the California prison system in 1979 when prisoners started wearing black armbands and studying Black historical events to honor the fallen in the Marin County incident, the Soledad Brothers, and all who had been unjustly incarcerated or killed in prison.  They also began fasting for the entire month between sun up and sundown to recognize the sacrifice of the fallen BGF [Black Guerilla Family] and Black Panther Party members, and showed restraint by abstaining from sex, drinking alcohol, or doing drugs. Loud and boastful behavior was not allowed. Support for the prison’s canteen was also disavowed. Daily exercises were held to sharpen minds, bodies, and spirits in honor of the collective principles of self-sacrifice, inner fortitude and revolutionary discipline needed to advance the New Afrikan struggle for self-determination and freedom. ________________________________________________ Khatari Gaulden, was one of the key intellectual architects of the Black August commemorative tradition and was a prominent leader of the Black Guerilla Family (BGF) after Comrade George was assassinated. He was assassinated by the malicious intent of the government to deny him medical treatment following a mysterious accident on the prison yard. ________________________________________________ Jonathan Jackson tried to demand George’s freedom by holding five people, including a judge and jurors, hostage from a Marin County courtroom with three other Black Panther Party members. ________________________________________________ George Jackson was assassinated by a tower guard inside San Quentin Prison.  Some reports allege that he was attempting to escape, while others imply that a mass rebellion had taken place. #pepperspraymedia #blackaugust #georgejackson #blackcommunity #prisons #august #206bpp #khatarigaulden. #jonathanjackson #marincountycourthouseshootout #blacklivesmatter #learnandeducate #blackguerillafamily #sanquentin #blackpantherparty #thesoledadbrothers #assassinated #prisoners

“Each year officially since 1979 we have used the month of August to focus on the oppressive treatment of our brothers and sisters disappeared inside the state run gulags and concentration camps America calls prisons. It is during this time that we concentrate our efforts to free our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, and all other captive family and friends who have been held in isolation for decade after decade beyond their original sentence. Many of these individuals are held in the sensory deprivation and mind control units called Security Housing Units (S.H.U. Program), without even the most basic of human rights.” – Shaka At-Thinnin, Black August Organizing Committee from, “THE ROOTS OF BLACK AUGUST” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Black August has spread beyond prison walls to the Black community-at-large as a month to honor all those who’ve contributed to collective progress of the Black community and all those lost unjustly to violence and systemic racism. The purpose is to come together peacefully to learn and educate about our history and strategize about ways to end racial disparities and the list of unjust deaths and imprisonment of Blacks in America by focusing on such events that took place in August. The first documented Africans were brought to Jamestown as enslaved people in August of 1619. Nat Turner’s slave rebellion, Henry Highland Garnett’s slave strike, the Underground Railroad,  the March on Washington, and the Watts & Ferguson riots were all started in August as well and are points of reflection and study. #pepperspraymedia #blackaugust #georgejackson #blackcommunity #prisons #august #206bpp #jamestown #natturnerslaverebellion #henryhighlandgarnett #slavestrike #theundergroundrailroad #themarchonwashington #thewattsriots #thewattsuprising #ferguson #blacklivesmatter #learnandeducate