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A Cleveland Vigil
(I'm a bit under the weather, so I may not go tonight. Please watch out for your neighbors, we are all our brothers' and sisters' keepers.)
STAND FOR ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 7 PM
VIGIL OUTDOORS 7 P.M.
EAST 123 RD AND IMPERIAL AVENUE
COMMUNITY AFFIRMATION FORUM (AFTER THE VIGIL)
SPONSORED BY BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, PEACE IN THE HOOD, SURVIVORS AND
VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY
CONTACT [email protected] 440-623-0492
The Eleven Black Women found dead and buried in a Anthony Sowell’s
yard has brought Cleveland’s African-American Community, and some
supporters, out to support the families of the dead women and
other missing people, and to get answers.
Many feel that most of these deaths could have been prevented if
Cleveland Police and city government would take reports of missing
people seriously.
Following the lead of Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, Inc. and Black on Black
Crime, Inc., the People of the Imperial Avenue area and the Mount Pleasant
Task Force are demanding the creation of a Missing Persons Department in
the city of Cleveland and other proactive initiatives.
People of the Imperial Avenue area also recognize that they have a
certain responsibility of getting to know their neighbors, like “the
way it used to be.”
There are currently 77 women missing in Cleveland, 21 women reported
missing in the 4th District. (WOIO NEWS, NOV. 7, 2009)
The area has been hit hard economically. In Ward 4 (Mt. Pleasant area)
Seventy-two percent of homes are run by single females, 414 homes are
in foreclosure, and 887 vacant houses were counted.
Certain Ethnic Communities are suffering more than others due to
discrimination, institutional racism, negative media spin, and
scapegoating. Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Latinos have faced
increased scrutiny by the government and by loud, well-funded neocons,
and their flocks.
African-American activists associated with the Mt. Pleasant Task Force
have supported plenty of rallies for other People and causes.
It’s time to come to the aid of our African-American Sisters and Brothers.
Only a Community can heal this blight, the fear, and the horror.
We have not even heard from the children of Mt. Pleasant area. What
fears are they living with?
These fears are known by all the children of many of Cleveland’s poor,
ethnic communities and religious faiths.
The fear of someone coming for them in the night, losing their
parent(s), or being hungry or homeless.
The Women and Children of Mount Pleasant area deserve to feel safe and secure.
All Women deserve relief from the fear of being preyed upon.
STAND FOR ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN
VIGIL AND COMMUNITY AFFIRMATION FORUM
NOVEMBER 16, 2009, 7 P.M.
IMPERIAL AVENUE AND EAST 123RD
Many ethnic communities have experienced this scale of racism in the
USA, in our jaded history. Fear-mongering against certain races or
faiths in this nation disparages our integrity. It divides the nation,
perhaps by design; and it divides the cities.
We are highly segregated in Cuyahoga County. There are Black
neighborhoods, and Latino neighborhoods, and White suburbs; and the
list goes on.
This is to the detriment of us all: breakdown of family structure,
increased crime, children in fear and at-risk, further disparity
between rich and poor.
STAND FOR ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN - MISSING PEOPLE - AND ALL WOMEN
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STAND FOR ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 7 PM
VIGIL OUTDOORS 7 P.M.
EAST 123 RD AND IMPERIAL AVENUE
COMMUNITY AFFIRMATION FORUM (AFTER THE VIGIL)
SPONSORED BY BLACK ON BLACK CRIME, PEACE IN THE HOOD, SURVIVORS AND
VICTIMS OF TRAGEDY
CONTACT [email protected] 440-623-0492
The Eleven Black Women found dead and buried in a Anthony Sowell’s
yard has brought Cleveland’s African-American Community, and some
supporters, out to support the families of the dead women and
other missing people, and to get answers.
Many feel that most of these deaths could have been prevented if
Cleveland Police and city government would take reports of missing
people seriously.
Following the lead of Survivors/Victims of Tragedy, Inc. and Black on Black
Crime, Inc., the People of the Imperial Avenue area and the Mount Pleasant
Task Force are demanding the creation of a Missing Persons Department in
the city of Cleveland and other proactive initiatives.
People of the Imperial Avenue area also recognize that they have a
certain responsibility of getting to know their neighbors, like “the
way it used to be.”
There are currently 77 women missing in Cleveland, 21 women reported
missing in the 4th District. (WOIO NEWS, NOV. 7, 2009)
The area has been hit hard economically. In Ward 4 (Mt. Pleasant area)
Seventy-two percent of homes are run by single females, 414 homes are
in foreclosure, and 887 vacant houses were counted.
Certain Ethnic Communities are suffering more than others due to
discrimination, institutional racism, negative media spin, and
scapegoating. Arab-Americans, Muslims, and Latinos have faced
increased scrutiny by the government and by loud, well-funded neocons,
and their flocks.
African-American activists associated with the Mt. Pleasant Task Force
have supported plenty of rallies for other People and causes.
It’s time to come to the aid of our African-American Sisters and Brothers.
Only a Community can heal this blight, the fear, and the horror.
We have not even heard from the children of Mt. Pleasant area. What
fears are they living with?
These fears are known by all the children of many of Cleveland’s poor,
ethnic communities and religious faiths.
The fear of someone coming for them in the night, losing their
parent(s), or being hungry or homeless.
The Women and Children of Mount Pleasant area deserve to feel safe and secure.
All Women deserve relief from the fear of being preyed upon.
STAND FOR ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN
VIGIL AND COMMUNITY AFFIRMATION FORUM
NOVEMBER 16, 2009, 7 P.M.
IMPERIAL AVENUE AND EAST 123RD
Many ethnic communities have experienced this scale of racism in the
USA, in our jaded history. Fear-mongering against certain races or
faiths in this nation disparages our integrity. It divides the nation,
perhaps by design; and it divides the cities.
We are highly segregated in Cuyahoga County. There are Black
neighborhoods, and Latino neighborhoods, and White suburbs; and the
list goes on.
This is to the detriment of us all: breakdown of family structure,
increased crime, children in fear and at-risk, further disparity
between rich and poor.
STAND FOR ELEVEN BLACK WOMEN - MISSING PEOPLE - AND ALL WOMEN
–
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