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4y

proud of u king and praying for ur safety

CKL TML

4y

Proud of you man. Youre making the world a better place ❤

CKL TML

4y

Proud of you man. Youre making the world a better place ❤

CKL TML

4y

Proud of you man. Youre making the world a better place ❤

Q3D

4y

Great work!

NiceLikeChrist

4y

have you ever been to israel or palestine?

americana

4y

I have dedicated a lot of my time and mind to activism and direct action against the forces of colonialism, racism, and capitalism. This has manifested itself in multiple forms, including my participation in a renter’s union, mere Instagram activism, or my organization of a BLM protest of 5,000 people in a privileged community of 12,000 in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.

I work with an organization of about 15 people who are all college age, and we come together to organize and execute direct action in communities of the East Bay in an area known as the Diablo Valley. Many of the communities here are either poor, Latino communities or rich, white communities, and we work to bring awareness of the overarching consequences of their position and to uplift those who deserve more.

On Saturday, that activism manifested itself in a gathering and march in the name of oppressed Palestinians and various Israeli minorities, who suffer under state-sanctioned persecution and apartheid. Me and one other organizer worked together alone to make the event happen. The same day, there were planned protests in San Francisco and Oakland, but we felt bringing the issues directly to a privileged community versus preaching to the choir would be much more effective

We started with a speaking stage that allowed for attendees to let their grievances known and for people such as a member of the dock workers’ union that represents the entire west coast to give their story regarding Israeli oppression and their fight against it. The dock worker himself gave a story of how his union shut down every port on the west coast after the deaths of Oscar Grant and George Floyd, and how they’ve turned away every Israeli ship since the start of the month. We had facts, poems, stories of childhoods in the Gaza, and much more.

Once we had all our speakers had come up, we began a march through the downtown of the most busy community in the Diablo Valley, at lunchtime on a Saturday. We walked down the two main roads and through the main marketplace walkways. It was amazing. We had cheers from a ton of people going through there day and we even had people join the march!!!!!

All in all a success.

My organization’s post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPMi8_sHtcL/?utm_medium=copy_link

My itinerary for the event: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pah0zjQDazFAeB8kNGiJhe_il4Mw6eqtuCYNlWIcM3s/edit

Me speaking for three minutes regarding other forms of racism that occur within Israel: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPMmXtHH-yo/?utm_medium=copy_link

americana

4y

I organized a 300 person protest in a privileged white community which far exceeded expectations. it was my first time being lead organizer and public speaking

notesfromphilo

4y

peace to you

The Young Blizzard

4y

Thoughts on hamas?