Black Lives Matter: Three Week Challenge from Youth Group (Part Two)
What’s Up Congregation!
We are now beginning our second week of the youth group’s three-week Black Lives Matter challenge. This week is a little more hands-on, as we are inviting you to write emails in collaboration with the Anti Police-Terror Project. APTP has been a part of the movement to defund the Oakland Police Department for the last five years.
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Go to the Anti Police-Terror Project
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Click on the category labeled “News” near the top of the page
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A dropdown menu should now show a category titled “Current Campaigns” for you to click on
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There should be a big red button for you to click on that says “Learn More”
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Now click on the option to “Take Action! Email the Mayor And City Council Now”
- IF YOU’RE NOT FROM OAKLAND, follow this link and then scroll down until you find the list of cities and states and click on your city or the city nearest you. (If an Oakland email pops up, you can close it out and then find your own location.)
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From this website, there should be an option to “Send email”
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Now you can begin to write your email! We strongly encourage you to modify the generic email already provided for you with your own words.
Once you have sent the email, please contact us so we can get a final tally of community participation. You can contact Twyla or Patrick.
As an addition to last week’s challenge, we are adding a link with resources for movies and books by and about Black Queer people, recognizing their centrality to the Black Lives Matter movement and in struggles for justice in the past.
Patrick, Twyla, and the youth group
