April 26, 2025

The Maggie Phair Institute for Democracy and Human Rights

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Disarm the Police: An Email Campaign

According to The Root, “Police officers killed 1,129 people in 2017.

More people died from police violence in 2017 than the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in action around the globe (21). More people died at the hands of police in 2017 than the number of black people who were lynched in the worst year of Jim Crow (161 in 1892). Cops killed more Americans in 2017 than terrorists did (four). They killed more citizens than airplanes (13 deaths worldwide), mass shooters (428 deaths) and Chicago’s “top gang thugs” (675 Chicago homicides).

Yet only 12 officers were charged with a crime related to a shooting death.” https://www.theroot.com/heres-how-many-people-police-killed-in-2017-1821706614

This must stop. On April 27th, we are asking you to email your mayor, your city council representatives, your state representatives, anyone and everyone, to let them know that you want lethal weapons removed from the law enforcement arsenal. As Colin Kaepernick stated, these killings are “lawful lynchings”. No more.

The Facebook event page can be found at  https://www.facebook.com/events/1719229311490828/ Please invite your friends to join the campaign. Kindly post your progress in the comments section of the event.

Thank you!

Digital Security is Crucial

Equality Labs has provided an anti-doxxing guide that we’d highly recommend organizers and activists review. For information about the guide, please visit https://medium.com/@EqualityLabs/anti-doxing-guide-for-activists-facing-attacks-from-the-alt-right-ec6c290f543c

Please be safe,

The Maggie Phair Institute

Movie Night: “Zapatista”

Join Maggie Phair Institute educator Mimi Soltysik for a viewing of “Zapatista”. We’ll also have a brief discussion following the film.

About “Zapatista”:

“Jan. 1 1994: The Day the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went in effect. A few minutes after midnight in Southeastern Mexico, several thousand Indian soldiers take over half the state of Chiapas, declaring a war against global corporate power and for humanity. They call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). Zapatista is the definitive look at the uprising in Chiapas. it is the story of the Mayan peasant uprising, armed with sticks and their word against a first world military. It is the story of a global movement that has fought 175,000 federal troops to a standstill and transformed Mexican culture and international political cultural forever. Transcribed from back of VHS box.”