Today in DC: Occupy The Justice Department!
Posted 6 hours ago on April 24, 2012, 1:28 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
Today @ 11AM!
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC -- at the Dept of Justice (DOJ)
via Occupy The Justice Department:
On April 24, 2012, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 58th birthday, we will gather at the Department of Justice in Washington D.C and amplify our formal request that Attorney General Eric Holder meet with a delegation to discuss police corruption and civil rights violations.
Short term goal: release Mumia. Long term goal: end mass incarceration.
ENDORSED BY:
International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu Jamal : Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal : Coalition to Free Mumia (NYC) : Occupy Philly : Occupy DC Now : Occupy DC Criminal Injustice Committee : Occupy the Hood : OCCUPY General Assembly (NYC) : Supporting Prisoners and Acting for Radical Change [SPARC] : Millions for Mumia/Int'l Action Center : Dead Prez (Sticman and M1) : Talib Kweli : Immortal Technique : Angela Davis : Danny Glover : Alice Walker : Francis Pixen : Amiri Baraka : Marc Lamont Hill : Cornell West : Vijay Prashad : Norman Finkelstein : John Carlos : ANSWER Coalition : Prison Radio : Decarcerate PA : MOVE : Jericho Movement : DC Troy Davis : Heidi Boghosian : Jazz Hayden : Greg Ruggiero : King Downing : Frances Goldin : Pam Africa : Mumia Abu-Jamal : Mark Taylor : Tameka Cage : Johanna Fernandez : Suzanne Ross : Cornel West : Noelle Hanrahan
#OCCUPYTHEHOOD
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