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Occupy Forum: Black Lives Matter...Origins, the Present and the Future

Date:
Monday, April 06, 2015
Time:
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Organizer/Author:
Steve Jacobson
Phone:
(510) 776-2127
Location Details:
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street (near 16th)

Monday’s Occupy Forum will explore the Black Lives Matter movement: its origins, what is happening right now, and where it is headed.

We hope to have a number of speakers who've been involved in the recent outpouring of involvement, along with Gerald Smith, a longtime scholar of Black History and Black Culture -- a former Black Panther Party member, long active with the Longshoremens Worker's Union in its actions to end apartheid in South Africa, and a co-founder of The Oscar Grant Committee, which investigates cases of Police Brutality and functions as a support group for the families and friends of victims of Police abuse..

Gerald has been involved with the Black Lives Matter movement in Oakland and Ferguson. If you've been involved in recent actions or other aspects of the movement, please come to contribute your perspective.
Added to the calendar on Sat, Apr 4, 2015 11:52PM
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA - 94110

Monday, April 6th from 6 – 9 pm at Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street near the 16th and Mission Street BART
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!

Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!

OccupyForum presents…

Black Lives Matter:
Origins, the Present
and the Future

Monday’s OccupyForum will explore the Black Lives Matter movement: its origins, what is happening right now, and where it is headed.
We hope to have a number of speakers who have been involved in the recent outpouring of involvement as well as Gerald Smith, a longtime scholar of Black History
and Black Culture. If you have been involved in recent actions or other aspects of the movement, please come to contribute your perspective.

Gerald Smith is a former Black Panther Party member with the New York City chapter. He been active with the Longshoremens Worker's Union
for many years and was a dedicated participant in their actions to end apartheid in South Africa. Three years ago Gerald was a co-founder of The Oscar Grant Committee,
who along with 25 other members, investigate cases of Police Brutality. When suspicious incidents occur or evidence presents itself the committee
takes action and becomes a support group for the families and friends of victims of Police abuse.
Gerald has been involved with the Black Lives Matter movement
in Oakland and Ferguson.

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