[Peace] Stand Together with Community

[C. G. Estabrook]

There are a lot of people that might be for - but I'm not sure I'm one of them. 

And racism didn't kill young Awlaki. Obama did.  


On Jul 18, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm making a sign for Sat., " Justice for Trayvon". On the other side, for you Carl, I will say "Justice for A. Al Awlaki" perhaps it will generate interest and raise awareness. They were both killed due to "racism".
>  
> > From: carl at newsfromneptune.com
> > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:02:25 -0500
> > To: rachelstrm at gmail.com
> > CC: sdas-list at googlegroups.com; peace at anti-war.net; occupyCU at lists.chambana.net; sdas-current at googlegroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Peace] Stand Together with Community
> > 
> > What's being demanded when we demand "Justice for Trayvon Martin"? The imprisonment of his killer?
> > 
> > I'd certainly support that, but I'd also want the killer of another innocent 16-year-old American, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, to be imprisoned as well.
> > 
> > Many who (rightly) condemn Trayvon's killer seem to be fervent supporters of Abdulrahman's killer.
> > 
> > --CGE
> > 
> > <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/opinion/the-drone-that-killed-my-grandson.html>
> > 
> > On Jul 18, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Rachel Storm <rachelstrm at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Friends!
> > > 
> > > Didn't make it out to the rally against the Zimmerman verdict last week? Here's another opportunity to stand together with CU community members. 
> > > 
> > > Warmly,
> > > Rachel
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Invite your friends on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/461577593938486/
> > > 
> > > The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
> > > 
> > > NAACP PRESS RELEASE-CHAMPAIGN COUNTY
> > > 
> > > Champaign County Branch #3008
> > > PO Box 403
> > > Champaign, IL 61824
> > > naacpcc.org
> > > July 17, 2013
> > > For Immediate Release:
> > > Contact: Patricia Avery, CCNAACP President
> > > 217-766-3059 or 217-373-2827
> > > 
> > > The Champaign County NAACP, CU Citizens for Peace and Justice, National Council of African American Men, Citizens with Convictions, NorthEnd Breakfast Club, Sisternet, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence, AON CCAD, along with many other concerned citizens, will join the National Social Justice movement lead by the National Action Network on Saturday, July 20th to “March for Justice for Trayvon Martin, Civil Rights, Equality, and the End of Institutional Racism and Discrimination,” perpetrated against people of color.
> > > 
> > > We will assemble at 10:00 a.m. at Martin Luther King Park in Urbana and march to the Urbana Federal Courthouse where a rally will be held from 12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m.
> > > 
> > > The speakers will address a numbers of local and state issues and also add their voices to the national call to the U.S. DOJ to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman.
> > > 
> > > We invite the public, all community organizations, non-profits, churches and businesses to stand with us on Saturday, July 20th for social justice. Express solidarity and denounce the culture of institutionalized racism that inflicts incomprehensible disparities and violence on people of color.