Defend Etana and Mecca Shakur! (Black Rider Liberation Party - Los Angeles chapter)

Black Rider Liberation Party (Los Angeles chapter) [link]

"These sisters were proven innocent and not guilty after trial for the trumped up charges of assault and battery on a single pig police officer, trespassing, resisting arrest, and obstructing justice, after they successfully defended themselves and our people."
Picture of BRLP - LA Minister of Information, (left) Mecca Shakur and BRLP - LA Minister of Community Programs, (right) Etana Shakur:



"ALL CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED! TOTAL VICTORY IS WHEN OUR PEOPLE ARE FREE..."
(text adapted from 2014-05-23 statement from Mecca and Etana Shakur, issued by the Black Riders Liberation Party, "New Generation Black Panthers")
Revolutionary Greetings! Black Power! All Power to the People!
We would like to thank all of our supporters, ancestors, and God for all the love and strength that was given to us. There is no way we could be walking the streets today if it was not for that righteous POWER backing us up. Now we must all pick up the fight and deliver our people from the hells of racist AmeriKKKa. As long as the evil forces of white supremacy, capitalism, and U.S imperialism still run rampant on the planet, we can never truly be free. We on the streets are in nothing but minimum security while those of us behind bars in concentration camps are in maximum security! Just like Malcolm X taught us years ago. "AMERIKKKA IS A BIG PRISON FOR BLACK PEOPLE!" Also, Black Women are the fastest growing prison population in the racist Empire.
We are asking now that you support our other comrades who have fought diligently against the oppressors like General T.A.C.O, Comrade Jihad, and all of the numerous brothers (males) that still face highly charged political trials for their Revolutionary beliefs and actions for 18 years now!
We must never forgive or forget the brutal murders of people like Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, and many many more. MALCOLM X said," I DON'T CALL IT VIOLENCE WHEN IT'S SELF-DEFENSE, I CALL IT INTELLIGENCE!!!"
Also, to our house negro political haters and racist enemies who try to slander and smear, harass, jail, or KILL US: WE WILL NOT GIVE UP THE FIGHT! ! !
Black Men and Women have a right to say "NO" to racist attacks! BLACK POWER! ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! BLACK WOMEN ARE PANTHERS TOO!
BLACK MEN AND WOMEN MUST UNITE AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM THE RACIST PIGS! DEFEND SELF-DEFENSE!
BLACK POWER TO BLACK MEN, BLACK POWER TO BLACK WOMEN, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE! WE WILL WIN! Africa and Africans on the planet will be FREE!
ASE' THANK YOU! ... SUPPORT BLACK RIDERS... COMING TO A HOOD NEAR YOU!!!
SINCERELY YOURS,
[signed] MECCA SHAKUR AND ETANA SHAKUR... RBG 4 LIFE!
P.S. Our Shero and example is Assata Shakur, who is in exile in Cuba. HANDS OFF ASSATA!!!
Women are strong leaders and teachers in our organization! Here's a clip from the Chief Of Staff Laalaa Shakur breaking down deep knowledge taught to us by General T.A.C.O.
DON'T POLITICALLY HATE, JUST CONGRATULATE!
IF YOU WANT TO JOIN AND BE DOWN, INBOX OR EMAIL US AT blackriders1996@gmail.com
Fred Hampton Sr. said, "YOU CAN JAIL A REVOLUTIONARY, BUT YOU CAN'T JAIL THE REVOLUTION! YOU CAN KILL A REVOLUTIONARY, BUT YOU CAN'T KILL THE REVOLUTION!!!"


Hands off the Black Riders' Mecca & Etana Shakur!
(All text adapted from May 12th message by BRLP founder Gen. TACO) Defend Mecca & Etana Shakur and their human right to self defense against police abuse and political repression! They stood up for you -- stand up for them! They defended themselves and the human right to self-defense against a racist police assault -- defend them against racist political repression!
Keep these two revolutionary Black moms, community leaders and freedom fighters Mecca & Etana Shakur FREE! You can donate on a new GoFundMe page set up for their defense and community education efforts: [http://www.gofundme.com/939rw0]. All donations will go to the BRLP to help keep Mecca & Etana free or to deal with the consequences if these two revolutionary Black moms are imprisoned. For more information, go to [facebook.com/BlackRidersLiberationParty], or contact the BRLP of LA at [323-289-4457] [blackriders1996@gmail.com].

A NATION CAN RISE NO HIGHER THEN IT'S WOMEN!
COME OUT AND SUPPORT THESE SISTERS IN THE STRUGGLE!
HELP US STOP THIS LEGAL LYNCHING!
On the day after Mother's Day (May 12th), the Ingleside KKKourt trial continues as the Jury is still trying to figure out if the LAPD "officer" had notified Etana of her arrest before he assaulted her, and whether Mecca allegedly "jumped in" with intent to harm the "officer". What will be the verdict?! Will the criminal "injustice" system slap Black People in the face again like in the cases of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis?! On May 6th, the original trespassing charge was dropped by the judge. If the probable cause for the initial arrest was proven false, then logically one would think all the charges would be dropped! But the racist law of the dominant nation is insane, crazy, and illogical. It would exterminate all Black People! Other Black Riders in L.A. and Oakland are also facing political trials in the coming weeks. Drop all charges!! Not guilty!!!
According to a recent report from Women’s Justice Center of Sonoma, racist police officers in the U.S.A. commit routine violence against women of color without proper reporting, accountability, or consequences.
Late 2013, just a few days after the Black Riders Liberation Party were honored by Kathleen Cleaver and other elders of the original Black Panther Party for service and dedication to revolutionary struggle [link], Etana and Mecca Shakur were physically assaulted by a (single) Inglewood male pig Roger Zeller as they attempted to leave a grocery store while carrying copies of the BRLP newspaper. Etana and Mecca Shakur successfully defended themselves against the assault by saying "NO!", and bringing attention from community members in the vicinity to act as witnesses to an illegal kidnapping. Both were arrested and suffered three days of jail time for nothing, and were released...
Now, during their KKKourt trial stemming from the incident, both women are facing further incarceration, isolation from their community, and separation from their children, all for their political belief that women have the right to stand up and say NO to physical attack.
These strong Black Women are high-ranking members of the BRLP leadership, and highly respected in the community. Etana Shakur is Minister of Community Programs; Mecca Shakur is Minister of Information and a member of the local station board of KPFK Pacifica free speech community radio. These mothers helped to create the George Jackson Freedom School, which provides self-defense and African cultural awareness classes to young Black Children in South Central LA.
Both Mecca and Etana are mothers facing separation from their children if this state attack succeeds.
We're calling on all revolutionary and progressive people to come out to support these two strong sisters!
All Power to the People who don't fear freedom!!! We will be free by any means necessary!
(2013 photo showing Gen. TACO, Etana Shakur and Mecca Shakur  leading a march for community liberation!)




2013-05-01 message from the Black Rider Liberation Party (BRLP) - Oakland Chapter [link]:
YESTERDAY, TUESDAY APRIL 30, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 230PM, BLACK RIDERS LIBERATION PARTY COMRADES MECCA AND ETANA SHAKUR WERE HARASSED, ASSAULTED AND ARRESTED BY THE INGLEWOOD PD WHILE SELLING NEWSPAPERS AND POLITICKING WITH THE PEOPLE ON CENTURY AND CRENSHAW IN INGLEWOOD, CA IN FRONT OF THE FOOD FOR LESS.
THIS ATTACK COMES IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE PARTY BEING HONORED BY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WITH THE “CONTINUING THE STRUGGLE” AWARD.
THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED AT A FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR ELDER FREEMAN’S TRIP TO CUBA TO FIGHT CANCER.
THE B.R.L.P., BEING ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS TO SERIOUSLY PUSH A HARD LINE IN OAKLAND AND L.OS ANGELES FOR SUPPORT OF ELDER FREEMAN, WAS IN ATTENDANCE TO ASSIST WITH SECURITY AND PERSONAL ESCORT FOR KATHLEEN CLEAVER.
KATHLEEN CLEAVER PRESENTED THIS AWARD TO GENERAL T.A.C.O. AND THE B.R.L.P. FOR 17 PLUS YEARS OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE RECOGNITION AND SUPPORT FROM THIS AWARD SOME MIGHT SAY IS LONG OVERDUE AND IS SOMETHING THE ENEMY OCCUPYING POLICE FORCES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO SUPPRESS FOR SOMETIME NOW.
THE TORCH HAS BEEN PASSED AND THE GENERATIONAL GAP BETWEEN THE ELDERS AND THE YOUTH IS BEGINNING TO BE FILLED WITH MUTUAL RESPECT AND COOPERATION, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE STATE FEARS AND WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO PREVENT FROM CONTINUING.
COMRADES MECCA AND ETANA SHAKUR ARE HIGH RANKING CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MOTHERS AND SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ORGANIZING MANY REVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE LOS ANGELES AREA.
COMRADE MECCA SHAKUR IS THE B.R.L.P.’S MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND COMRADE ETANA SHAKUR IS THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
THESE SISTERS ARE WARRIORS WHO HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE COUNTLESS TIMES FOR THE PEOPLE AND ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT.
THEIR COURT DATE IS TOMORROW MAY 2, 2013 FOR THEIR TRUMPED UP CHARGES OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A PEACE OFFICER.
THESE CHARGES ARE COMPLETELY BOGUS BEING THAT THE PIGS VAMPED ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE EDUCATING OUR BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND SELLING THE AFRICAN INTER-COMMUNAL NEWS SERVICE PAPERS..
WE ARE RAISING LEGAL FUNDS AND AWARENESS.
WE ARE GATHERING WITNESSES AND LEGAL SUPPORT AS WE SPEAK AND WILL KEEP EVERYONE UPDATED AS TO WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT OUR COMRADES. MORE INFORMATION TO BE REPORTED SOON.
ALL POWER 2 THE PEOPLE WHO DON’T FEAR FREEDOM!
[signed] FIELD MARSHALL SHANGO, BRLP OAKLAND
Black Riders Liberation Party Update (May 2 at 4:57pm): Mecca and Etana have been released!


"Justice for Etana and Mecca Shakur"
2013-07-31 posted at [http://www.kpfk.org/eventcal.html?task=view_detail&agid=3431&year=2013&month=7&day=31]:
People will pack the Inglewood Courthouse, at One Regent Street in Inglewood (one block south of Florence between La Brea and Fir) on Wednesday, July 31 at 8:30 AM, in courtroom 02A, to demand Justice for Etana and Mecca Shakur, two Black Riders Liberation Party comrade sisters, who defended themselves against assault by the Inglewood PD while doing community work, and are falsely charged with alleged assault and Battery on a police officer.
The Hands Off Africa Movement, initiated by the BRLP, is demanding Hands Off Etana and Mecca Shakur, drop all charges! The campaign, which is on-going, is organizing for Justice for Trayvon, support for the prison hunger strikers, to free all political prisoners, and to withdraw all racist US/NATO forces from Africa. They also demand Hands Off Assata Shakur and Cuba.
For more information, contact the BRLP at 323-289-4457, or BlackRiders1996@gmail.com. Endorsed by the Council of Ujima and the Inter-communal Solidarity Committee.

M.E.ChX.A de CCSF

“The Birth of M.E.ChX.A 2014” 2014-04-24 by Itzel Calvo (reprinted from the March-April 2014 issue of The Organizer newspaper) [http://socialistorganizer.org/the-birth-of-m-e-chx-a-2014/]:
Photo showing the author speaking during a "Save CCSF" event, 2014

For decades, the Chicano Movement was among the most successful in organizing students and having demands met. After the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and early '70s, however, there have been very few Chican@ student-led movements. What we've seen in the past decade has been mass mobilization within the undocumented community for a humane immigration reform involving undocumented youth groups, religious organizations, and community organizations. It's about to be a decade since the wave of mass protest actions across the country for immigration reform back in the spring of 2006, but nothing has been done since that time on a national level for immigrants other than the passing of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which only benefits those who are considered an asset to the U.S economy.
The discontent in the Latino community with politicians who keep promising a just immigration reform is much like the discontent with the Democratic Party in relation to Chicanos who were appointed or elected to political office. The Chicano organizations began to realize that these politicians did not care for the average Chican@ or their living standards in los barrios, so they began to withdraw from the Democratic Party. With the wave of new migration from Latin America, the undocumented community grew and began a movement of its own.  For the Chicano organizations, the issues concerning the undocumented community were last on the agenda.
The vision of creating a M.E.Ch.X.A chapter at  City College of San Francisco (CCSF) became a reality on Tuesday, March 11. Students knew that creating a chapter was vital in the struggle to protect and defend CCSF's mission of remaining accessible to all students. The organizations already established on campus were not strong enough, or determined enough, to take on the whole accreditation crisis or the bad administrative policies that disproportionately affect students of color.
One of those policies was the new payment policy implemented to make sure that students paid their tuition up front. Undocumented students who do not qualify for AB540 -- a policy that would allow them to receive in-state tuition and the bog waiver, which pays their tuition, if eligible -- would have to pay a minimum of $800 per class at a community-college level. Tuition fees keep increasing and resources are scarce.
The development of a M.E.Ch.X.A chapter on campus has grown in the past month. It was part of the rally that happened two days after the chapter's formation; eight chapter members were part of the student occupation of the administration building, as ending the payment policy was one of the demands of the student action. We've had tremendous support from students and faculty members in the Latino Studies Department, which has proven the level of commitment of students and faculty towards the movement.
M.E.Ch.A is a national organization that promotes higher education, political involvement, cultura and historia. The undocumented community shares those same struggles, but with the additional burden of not having a legal status in the country to be able to achieve those goals.
The organization on the CCSF campus of undocumented students is an exception to the militancy and self-determination of other undocumented groups in San Francisco. A few campus groups offer a safe space where undocumented students can gather and talk about issues within the community; these groups offer resources to undocumented students. This is helpful, but it's very limited. When it comes to fighting back against the attacks on public education, these groups are less willing to struggle since the majority qualify for AB540.
Those affected by the school administration's attacks -- and those truly wanting to defend the rights of ALL undocumented students -- found they had no option but to organize themselves and be involved in political discussions about how best to defend public education and demand changes to the administration's policies.
As un undocumented student, it has been very conflicting for me to start a chapter of an organization that has not given recognition to undocumented students throughout the majority of its history. It seems that when it comes to the undocumented question, the only thing M.E.Ch.A has done nationally is stand in solidarity with the undocumented student struggle in the most recent years.
For the most part, Chicanos do not understand the undocumented struggle. And when you have a group of undocumented students who understand the struggle but don't wish to act on it, things gets complicated and you begin to question the reasoning of the organization's existence.
Having said this, not all M.E.Ch.A chapters have stood on the sidelines in relation to undocumented immigrants. The M.E.Ch.A chapter at UC Berkeley, for example, did an amazing job organizing demonstrations against new UC President Janet Napolitano, the former department head of Homeland Security who was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deportations under the Obama administration.
In hopes of creating a bridge between understanding the undocumented struggle and taking action on the issues that affect our community regardless of citizenship status, M.E.ChX.A de CCSF will be inclusive to all who identify with Chicanismo.
On April 4-6 Mechistas from our CCSF chapter attended the M.E.Ch.A. California statewide conference in order to be officially recognized as a chapter and introduce our ideas to revitalize the movement. We had a very welcoming experience and an understanding of how the organization works. There is no doubt that other M.E.Ch.A. chapters agreed with us when it comes to acknowledging that the founding documentos of the organization are outdated and need to be more inclusive to our undocumented brothers and sisters.
Along with getting recognized, our chapter was chosen to organize the next regional meeting for Alta Califas Norte and also one of our mechistas, Lalo Gonzalez, was elected National M.E.Ch.A. Co-Chair to represent our region at Nationals. Given this opportunity, we will push for our vision of taking back what it rightfully ours, access to education, immigration reform, and protecting Ethnic Studies. Power comes with numbers, and M.E.ChX.A de CCSF is growing rapidly. It's only a matter of time when it comes to bringing back el movimiento.

L@s Autonomous Brown Berets of Sonoma County

We are the continuing legacy of the original organization founded in 67 our of East LA that have adapted to changing times to best fit the struggle for our people's due self determination. Inspired by the work of the Black Panther Party for Self Defence, the Brown Berets where originally designed to be a copwatch program to combat the police abuse of the Raza community in East LA. But as we came to realize that many social issues are interconnected, we quickly evolved our political philosophy to include other sectors of the struggle for social justice such as disproportionate war recruitment, cultural relevance, free health services, proper educational opportunities, voting and labor issues.

In the of the radical times of social activity of the 60s and 70s, the popularity of grassroots militancy quickly fomented the growth of the organization throughout the entire Western half of the country. Under the name of the Brown Beret National Organization, many programs continued to be carried out like the ones I recently mentioned, with the perspective of the two founding principles of self-determination and nationalism. Sonoma County had its original Beret group in the 70s that had approximately 400 members and continued the work of copwatch program, food distribution to the hungry and free health clinics among other programs. In November of 72' the national organization was officially disbanded by the co-founder and then Prime Minister David Sanchez ultimately due to infiltration of Law Enforcement Agencies from all levels of government.

Local and Regional Brown Beret organizations continued to organize. The Berets of the San Diego County eventually decided to form as an independent official organization, taking up the name Brown Berets de Aztlan and continue to organize social movement to this day. In the region of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, the Carnalismo Brown Berets formed, also as its own independent organization that also continue to organize today. I dont have much more organizational information about these two factions. In the 90s the BBNO was re-established by several original members and began to form chapters throughout the southwest of the country as popularity increased. As these factions developed independently, they also grew into their specific niches that best fit their local movements. Hence slight differences of ideology among them. Originally organized as an independent chapter, Sonoma County experienced the growth of its second generation of Brown Berets during this time. We eventually disbanded from the coercion of David Sanchez' demand to affiliate with the then intended resurgence of his affiliated network of chapters.
The establishment of our faction was accredited to the development of the Watsonville Brown Berets, as they disbanded from the BBNO in 1998 I believe and when they did so they published a position paper rejecting nationalism and declaring themselves autonomous. They continued organizing movement such as their Liberation School where they offered tutoring and counceling support, their annual Youth and Power informational event and their annual Peace and Unity March which they held since their establishment in 1994. They solidified relationships with many local community organizations and where active in their local political process. What separated them from the other Beret organizations it that they infused their organization with native ceremony which further reinforced their commitment to communal and healthy lifestyles as a means to establishing our revolutionary vision shared throughout all history of social justice. This was apparent in their organizing structure and approach. Under the guidance of elders, the Native perspective of a cyclical world view was eventually internalized by them familiarizing themselves with ceremonial practices like Sweat Lodge ceremony and Danza Azteca. It was routine for them to ritually begin and end their meetings in a circle, and a traditional collective smudging of sage smoke. Throughout this time, they gained wide spread recognition from the work they where doing (as most of us activists do inspired from by our hearts, without the intent of doing social justice work for fame), which helped the calling of other organizers to establish Brown Beret chapters of direct association. This is what provoked the creation of the Autonomous faction of Brown Berets, while during this time having chapters in LA, Fresno, Houston, Boise, Salt Lake City, El Paso, Sacramento and Sonoma County (among others). The Watsonville Brown Berets decided to temporarily disband in 2013.

Our current generation of Brown Berets of Sonoma County began in April of 2010 as a small group of young men of different backgrounds felt that our community needed this type of revolutionary political-cultural perspective which was not found in our area. We quickly got to establishing our organization suited to our local area, have continuously been developing and strive to always be open to learning while 'keeping our eyes on the prize' (and old movement saying). We are consensus-based in our decisions and have our Elders' Council as a general guide and support, who we are given very wise advice from. Ideologically, we respect the necessity of having a nationalist perspective because the ages old struggle for social justice is necessarily born out of the need for the oppressed to liberate themselves, and therefore existing the necessity to identify with traits that unifies these people(not limited to ethnicity or class). We also respect active internationalist solidarity, which we believe is just as important as nationalism in collectively manifesting the environment of a revolutionary/utopian society of social justice. In having a reasoned balance of these two principles, we agree that we do allow anybody for our recruitment process but will always continue to be a Raza oriented organization. Early on, we participated in the occupation of Sogorea-Te (the Glen Cove take back in Vallejo), presented several workshops at several events, held a live-broadcasted discussion panel (in collaboration with our historic KBBF), and a few fundraisers. We have usually preferred to collaborate with other organizations for the purposes of building relationships. Recently we have added Ramon to our group and are proud of his exemplary activity that embodies the example of a developing Brown Beret with his heart in the right place, an element required for the long-term revolutionary struggle. We have continued to stay true to the vision of a revolutionary perspective and have not lost our way by falling to the illusion of liberalism (the notion of seemingly progressive politics that is ultimately un-loyal to the people) or selling out in any other way.

The struggle is long from dead. The only reasonable way to deal with today's reality is by living the genuine existence that the revolutionary life-style advocates. Ignoring a problem is the easiest way of selling out. Our loved ones and our people of today, the past and the future depend on us to do our part to make all the difference for them and for ourselves. One of the most grounding fundamentals us revolutionaries live with is that we are honest with our own selves. This allows us to be genuine with others and paves the road for the establishing of the revolutionary world that, in one way or another, we all have always struggled for.

Qilombo Community Social Center

As we begin this new stage of struggle, we are asking for the support of comrades from all over the world by becoming Friends of Qilombo and making a one time or recurring donation [http://qilombo.org/donate/].
If you have any questions, would like to be added to our announcement list, or would like to host a class, meeting or an event, please email info@qilombo.org or visit qilombo.org
[http://www.qilombo.org/events-calendar]

Announcing the Qilombo Community Social Center Grand Opening
In January of 2014, the Holdout temporarily closed its doors to do some serious cleaning. Now that the space has gone through several transitions, it’s time to reopen as a radical social center that supports community in struggle–with new energy and a new name.
From the Kimbundu word kilombo, the original quilombos were maroon societies founded by African people in Brazil and throughout South America between the 16th and 19th centuries. Most inhabitants of the quilombos were Africans escaping the trans-atlantic slave trade, but included indigenous people from local regions and other marginalized people fleeing European colonization. These autonomous zones provided land, shelter, and safety for those fighting to protect themselves from colonial enslavement and genocide. Resistance meant survival.
In this spirit of inter-communal solidarity, we invite you to join us in struggle! The Qilombo community social center is a place of intersection for Anarchists, other revolutionaries for liberation and folks from our neighborhood.
We have meeting and event space, a bookstore, a bike workshop, a free store, a pool table, a printing studio, and free use computers. A mutual-aid food distribution that offers free, nutritious groceries every Sunday. The HEPPAC collective that provides a needle exchange Friday mornings. We also host regularly occurring skillshares in Swahili and Chinese Martial Arts, an Anarchist/Autonomous Person of Color reading group, the Educate to Liberate workshop series, a prisoner letter writing night, and more! We are seeking new volunteers and new proposals for workshops and events, hit us up! These events are open to the public and are free or donation based.
Our bookstore specializes in radical books that are relevant to our communities. We have an excellent selection of books on African liberation, Anarchism, revolutionary movements, critical theory, a choice selection of zines, and some excellent fiction. Come by and read a book, or buy one that you’d like to take home.
We offer instruction on basic bike maintenance and repair. If you need help fixing up your bike or are interested in building one yourself, stop by the bike workshop.

Qilombo Events for Early April -
Below are the Qilombo events for the first half of April! We hope to see you. Remember to check [http://www.qilombo.org/events-calendar] for any schedule changes that may happen.

April 5 // Free Jihad! Fundraiser for Comrade Facing Repression
6pm - Midnight
Comrade Jihad Mujahid Muhammad, Minister of Spirituality for the Black Riders Liberation Party, was scheduled to be released last week after being held captive for a year in San Quentin and Folsom Prison. On the day he was supposed to be released, he was transferred to Santa Clara County and arraigned on new trumped-up charges. There will be a screening of the Black Riders Liberation Party documentary “Let Um Hear Ya Coming;” hip-hop performances by Ras Ceylon, Shango Abiola, E Da Ref, Ms. Incredible, and Fly Benzo; a raffle and halal food.

April 6 // Labor, Black and Brown Revolutionary Discussion Series: Women's Liberation and Class Struggle
Noon
We will be discussing:
How does exploitation differ from oppression.
How do revolutionaries utilize the wisdom that: “you can judge a society by how the women are treated.”
The historical overthrow of the matriarchy.
Questions or issues that participants want to discuss

April 6 // Sin Fronteras: A Benefit for Mexican Political Prisoners
5pm - 8pm
Come to Qilombo Community Center on Sunday April 6th to hear about support forming for political prisoners in Mexico from people working on various campaigns for political prisoners in Mexico City as well as Soy 132 Bay Area and the support work they are doing for a political prisoner in Guerrero. Hear how these networks of support are formed and help sustain growing resistance across borders.

April 12 // Pachuco Prom
7pm
As MEChA De San Pancho, we strive to provide access to higher education to underrepresented and marginalized communities. Xicana/o Grad was created in order to honor and recognize the long journey taken by these graduates to obtain their college degrees, as well as to pay tribute to the families and communities that have helped guide them in their college careers. This event is free to all graduates and their guests, knowing that we come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and do not feel that people should be excluded due to cost.

Here's a glimpse of some of our recurring events!

April 2 // Graffiti Skillshare
Noon - 4pm (recurring weekly)
Come learn graffiti skills from one of our compas, and help bring art onto the walls of Qilombo!

April 2 // Anarchist People of Color Reading Group
8pm - 9:30pm (recurring monthly)

April 4 // Needle Exchange
11:30am - 1:30pm (recurring weekly)
A service provided by HEPPAC.

April 5 // Decolonizing Feminism
Noon - 3pm (recurring weekly)
The decolonizing feminisms study group is an all women of color group. We intent to develop not only a critique of patriarchy in the context of decolonial struggle, but also to formulate steps forward, and ways to implement and put into practice our understanding of what that means.

April 6 // Community Breakfast
11 am - 12:30pm (recurring weekly)
Feeding ourselves and the neighborhood! Free!

April 6 // Mutual Aid Food Program
12:30pm - 3:30pm (recurring weekly)
Come volunteer and/or come take a bag of produce for yourself! Rice and beans are also available for .50c-$1.00 per pound donation!

April 7 // Educate to Liberate
7pm - 9pm (recurring weekly)
BRLP workshop series.

April 11 // Chinese Martial Arts
3pm - 4pm (recurring weekly)
Bagua and Xingyi are two traditional fighting arts which are often taught together. Our class focuses on the self defense and grappling/joint locking applications of the arts. Class involves solo and partner training which are both readily modifiable for people with chronic injuries and other health limitations.

April 12 // Kiswahili Skillshare
3pm - 5pm (recurring weekly)

Peoples' Action for Rights and Community (PARC)

Focused on justice and care,
in the alley on Qst between 2nd and 3rd, just North of Eureka Library, look for the signs on the car port.
    PARC is an office and meeting space
    PARC volunteers assist people who have had their rights violated
    PARC volunteers also work on connecting with people and communities to imagine and create healthy & supportive alternatives to oppressive structures.
Curious? Need Support? Want to volunteer? Wish to donate?
COME BY, Call (707) 442-7465, or E-mail peoplesarc@gmail.com

"My name is Sanchez and PARC saved my ass..."
2014-02-28
My name is Sanchez.  I have been doing volunteer work for P.A.R.C. for several months.  It is a resource I am happy to spend time at and a resource I myself use frequently.  Since I have arrived in Eureka and Found out where and what P.A.R.C. is, I have helped to organize a safe sleeping space.  We took people off the street and out of the cold when the temperatures were reaching record lows in the middle of winter.  These folks slept safe with their stomachs full of warm food the people at P.A.R.C. prepared for them.
We have organized an event for the Homeless Bill of Rights and again fed hungry people good food and spread awareness about the criminalization of poverty and the fact that several people die due to exposure in the winter months every year.
I recently dislocate my knee and was incapable of walking for two months.  I was on crutches, sometimes using a wheelchair, with no way of getting around to get food and meet other basic human needs.  The awesome people at P.A.R.C. took care of me for the entire time I was injured and immobile.  I honestly have no idea what I would have done, being homeless and over a thousand miles away from family, and no one to help me get the much needed rest required to heal properly and eat well.
Without P.A.R.C., I honestly believe I could have died.  The folks at P.A>R.C. made sure I got to my doctors' appointment for my knee.  the people at P.A.R.C. made sure I had a safe place to sleep so I could get that much needed rest and medicinal  herbs to help me heal and healthy food so I could eat properly. 
There are so many people who rely on P.A.R.C. in much of the same ways I did when I was injured and continue to rely on now.  The services that P.A.R.C. provides on a daily basis are absolutely essential for our community to move forward and have a substantial increase in community-oriented neighborhoods.
Every day of the year P.A.R.C is open to the public.  Whomever needs to organize an action or create flyers for an event, or just take a break from the cold wet weather-- the P.A.R.C office is there, filled with amazing people who want to help for the sake of helping.

To donate to PARC, one can:
Come by and drop off cash (or call & we'll come to you!)
Address Money Orders to Kimberly Starr
Address Checks to James Decker
and/or mail any of the above to:

PARC
P.O. Box 5692
Eureka, CA  95502

Donations can also be send ONLINE with WePay. 
This is the webpage where you can find the WePay button: [parc.2truth.com]

Or use this link: [https://www.wepay.com/donations/79806]

Peoples' Action for Rights and Community is open between 9:30am and 9:30pm every day.  Please call first in case we're out doing stuff on the street. (707) 442-7465 

Directions to PARC, in the Q Street alley between 3rd and 2nd Streets, Eureka

From the south, go past the Eureka library on 3rd Street, go down 3rd Street toward the Samoa bridge, take a left on Q and a right into the alley (There's a green house at the head of the alley where you turn right)  Once in the alley, you will see (on the right) the PARC sign, yard, carport, Mumia banner, "Close Gitmo" banner, and front door.

From north of Eureka, take a right onto Q Street from the 101 South (also called 4th Street).  Continue on Q Street for a quick moment after the 3rd and Q Stop sign, take a right in the alley. (There's a green house at the head of the alley where you turn right)  Once in the alley, you will see (on the right) the PARC sign, yard, carport, Mumia banner, "Close Gitmo" banner, and front door.

Please spread the word to more people!

La Mesha Irizarry & the Idriss Stelley Foundation

The IDRISS STELLEY FOUNDATION [http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeo9ewi/idrissstelleyfoundation/]
A nonprofit organization created through the settlement of Idriss Stelley's vs. City & County and SFPD case and its allocation to his mother Mesha Monge-Irizarry. Her only child, 23 African American honor student was killed by SFPD at the SF Sony Metreon on June 13, 2001, 48 shots, 9 officers, as he stood alone in an empty theater. The Idriss Stelley's case is at the root of the 40-HR mandatory San Francisco Police Departments Mental Health Training.
La Mesha Irizarry knows and understands that the strategies of Martin Luther King and Gandhi are the only way to handle this. Do as "Grandma Says". Her foundation is linked in at this steroid blog:
"Police shootings, Brutality & Steroid Abuse" [http://www.waccobb.net/forums/showthread.php?38796-Roid-a-Cops-Police-shootings-Brutality-amp-Steroid-Abuse].

Califas Brown Berets

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