This a caucus for student organizers to uplift and support each other and our work and begin to map out how we can better build black power while being within violent institutions.
"Policies and practices in the educational, criminal & juvenile justice, housing, environmental, and healthcare systems have a marginalizing impact on black people and black communities. Using mapping data and statistics the Cuyahoga PLACEMATTERS Team shows how, together these systems negatively impact black people in the communities they live. The team will show workshop participants how to identify data sets and use them successfully to show how to challenge systems and rhetoric to empower black people."
This workshop will discuss the history of Chicago police torture and the decades-long struggle demanding justice for survivors who were tortured by former Police Commander Jon Burge. Facilitators will share lessons from the recent successful campaign for reparations. This workshop will interrogate the dominant narratives surrounding the idea of justice and offer possibilities for re-imagining what justice can look like.
