Press Advisory: For Immediate Release For media queries, please contact the Schools Not Jails Media Team: (410) 849-9626 | schoolsnotjails@gmail.com JANUARY 17: SCHOOLS NOT JAILS ORGANIZERS WILL RETURN TO SITE, DESPITE ARRESTS Organizers of today’s Schools Not Jails Occupation kickoff rally and action say that they have no plans to cancel the program of...
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Occupy Baltimore Joins Three Year Long Campaign To Halt Construction of Youth Jail in East Baltimore
You Can Do Something To Help Maryland’s Longest-Serving Political Prisoner Today: FREE MARSHALL “EDDIE” CONWAY!
Mr. Marshall “Eddie” Conway is a true servant of his community. Imprisoned for more than four decades for the crime of murdering a Baltimore City Police Officer – a crime for which he maintains his innocence – Mr. Conway has not allowed the prison cell to suppress his spirit and will to organize his...
Kathleen Cleaver in Baltimore for “Cointelpro 101″ Event: Morgan State, November 2, 2011 6PM
The first time I met Kathleen Cleaver was a November 2007 Black Panther Rank & File Symposium that the Maryland Institute College of Art put on. As my blog article from that day reveals; I was touched by the continuing flame of Cleaver’s passion for the same issues she put her body on the...
Day of Protest in Baltimore: March Against Youth Jail & #OccupyBaltimore Set To Begin Today
If all goes as planned. Today – October, 4, 2011 – will be a day that is remembered and perhaps even recorded in the “People’s History of Baltimore City.” For the past couple of years a committed group of activists have been challenging Maryland state plans to build a multi-million dollar youth jail in...
What I’m Reading Now: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
On different occasions, I’ve heard it said by my Elders that Jim Crow never died, but if he did his son James Crow, Esquire is doing a wonderful job keeping the family business alive. “Jim Crow” referred to the laws and social norms that not only gave legitimacy to racism/white supremacy, but openly ensured...
Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, pushes for re-election with local ministers
At the September meeting of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, made the case for her re-election. Touting her years of experience and multi-faceted approach for engaging crime in Baltimore, Jessamy criticized her challenger in the race, Gregg Bernstein, by saying, “he doesn’t think a prosecutor’s office should have anything...
Longtime Political Prisoner & “Model Inmate”, Marshall “Eddie” Conway prevented from attending Mother’s funeral
I’d like to publicly express my prayers and condolences to Mr. Marshall “Eddie” Conway and family in light of the passing of his mother. Mr. Conway is Maryland’s longest serving political prisoner incarcerated 40 years ago while serving in Baltimore’s Black Panther Party. Activists and concerned citizens from Baltimore have been contacting the appropriate...
My Palestine/Israel Diary – Friday, May 28
What if a military force came to your neighborhood built walls all around your block and refused to allow you to go and come as you please. How would you feel about that? What if they decided to attack your walled-in neighborhood from the sky and sent troops in to kill people too. How...
My Palestine/Israel Diary – Wednesday, May 26
Today was an extremely full day that started bright and early at 8AM. Well, for me the day started at 5:00AM. After going to bed at about 11PM the night before, I found myself lying in bed staring at the ceiling at 5. I tried to force myself back to sleep, but I couldn’t...
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