Thread: A loving note from your local, stressed-out freelancer:
#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
We will still need to learn about and organize around defunding police in the fall. We will still need to learn about and organize around defunding police after November. We will still need to learn about and organize around defunding police in 2021. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
That there are so many new voices and bodies in this fight, that there are so many ready, excited, and energized around abolition, is so heartening. Let's not confuse urgency with running ourselves into the ground. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
Please continue hiring and working with Black freelancers, educators, organizers, artists. Also, recognize we have limited capacity, and that we will still have rent to pay in the fall. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
Recognize that if your group is new to abolition, now might be the time to do some internal dialogue/study (there are SO MANY great resources on abolition available) before bringing in folks from directly impacted communities to teach you from our own experience. #DefundPolice
Recognize if the next time a facilitator is available to work with your group is in September, that's great! September is as good a time to demand the defunding of police as any other. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
The need to #DefundPolice and #AbolishPolice is urgent. Folks who have been fighting this fight for years can tell you, it has always been urgent, and it will continue to be urgent for a long time to come.
Building power is also about spreading out our efforts, sustaining our calls for the long haul, and giving ourselves time to rest. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
Urgency doesn't mean we have to do it all this week. Folks who are truly committed to defunding and abolition should expect to be engaged way after this month, this summer, this year. #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice
We have time, and we have each other. We arrived at this moment through patience and persistence. Let's keep it up by breathing deep, building with each other intentionally, and not rushing the things it is crucial be done right. #AbolishPolice #DefundPolice
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