If you're getting your news about #Ferguson from CNN etc, you’re missing half (read: most) of what’s going on.(Update: 8/18/14) A summary of events can be found here.
Four simple things to keep you informed:
1) I’m RTing voices on the ground in #Ferguson from @BTSFblog, but you should also definitely follow @ShaunKing @AntonioFrench @ryanjreilly @AishaMoodMills and @FeministaJones (there are many other folks doing great work. Those will get you started).
2) Watch the video of what happened Wednesday night.
3) Attend the nearest National Moment of Silence vigil tonight at 7pm (https://t.co/0cDssc7VD4; Hint for my nearby neighbors: there’s one in Goodale Park)
2) Watch the video of what happened Wednesday night.
3) Attend the nearest National Moment of Silence vigil tonight at 7pm (https://t.co/0cDssc7VD4; Hint for my nearby neighbors: there’s one in Goodale Park)
4) Sign the petition asking for changes that are so basic it's heartbreaking: https://t.co/Uwpnx7fbFw
Update (11:30pm): Here is a list of articles that are all well worth reading:
Getting some background:
9 Things about Ferguson that Will Make You Go Hmmm
Police Dispatch Tapes From Michael Brown’s Shooting
Standoff in Ferguson [Video]
Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend’s death
Michael Brown’s Death Didn’t Happen in a Vacuum
Understanding What’s Happening in Ferguson
Ferguson Names Shooter But is Still Doing it Wrong
Eyewitness Video of Kajieme Powell Shooting Contradicts Police Story
Following Ferguson: Why White People Struggle to Understand
Protesters Gather at CNN’s Atlanta Headquarters
Eric Holder Recounts Being Harassed by Police
Sybrina Fulton Writes Moving Letter to Michael Brown’s Family
Reflections:
On Mike Brown in Church: The Importance of Sitting in Lament
I Raise My Hands: A Prayerful Response to Ferguson
Strange Fruit that Hangs from American Seminaries: A Letter from a Black Seminarian
When Terror Wears a Badge
Ferguson Is Closer Than You Think
First they came for the Black people, and I did not speak out
I Don't Know How to Talk to White People About Ferguson
In defense of black rage: Michael Brown, police and the American dream
America Is Not For Black People
When Parenting Feels Like a Fool’s Errand: On the Death of Michael Brown
More Reflections (Updated 8/17/14):
Things To Stop Being Distracted By When A Black Person Gets Murdered By Police
Black Bodies and White Souls
The Cross and the Molotov Cocktail
Dispatches from Ferguson
A Little Peroxide for the White, Wounded Quest
Why "Waiting for the Facts" Is a Bad Ministry Plan
John Perkins: The Sin of Racism Made Ferguson Escalate So Quickly
On Race, the Benefit of the Doubt, and Complicity
Even More Reflections (Updated 8/22/14):
You might want to rethink that comment you are about to post about Ferguson, MO
Why we "never wait for the facts before we speak"
Different Rules Apply
Protest & the Liturgy of the Oppressed
Update (11:30pm): Here is a list of articles that are all well worth reading:
Getting some background:
9 Things about Ferguson that Will Make You Go Hmmm
Police Dispatch Tapes From Michael Brown’s Shooting
Standoff in Ferguson [Video]
Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend’s death
Michael Brown’s Death Didn’t Happen in a Vacuum
Understanding What’s Happening in Ferguson
Ferguson Names Shooter But is Still Doing it Wrong
Eyewitness Video of Kajieme Powell Shooting Contradicts Police Story
Following Ferguson: Why White People Struggle to Understand
Protesters Gather at CNN’s Atlanta Headquarters
Eric Holder Recounts Being Harassed by Police
Sybrina Fulton Writes Moving Letter to Michael Brown’s Family
Reflections:
On Mike Brown in Church: The Importance of Sitting in Lament
I Raise My Hands: A Prayerful Response to Ferguson
Strange Fruit that Hangs from American Seminaries: A Letter from a Black Seminarian
When Terror Wears a Badge
Ferguson Is Closer Than You Think
First they came for the Black people, and I did not speak out
I Don't Know How to Talk to White People About Ferguson
In defense of black rage: Michael Brown, police and the American dream
America Is Not For Black People
When Parenting Feels Like a Fool’s Errand: On the Death of Michael Brown
More Reflections (Updated 8/17/14):
Things To Stop Being Distracted By When A Black Person Gets Murdered By Police
Black Bodies and White Souls
The Cross and the Molotov Cocktail
Dispatches from Ferguson
A Little Peroxide for the White, Wounded Quest
Why "Waiting for the Facts" Is a Bad Ministry Plan
John Perkins: The Sin of Racism Made Ferguson Escalate So Quickly
On Race, the Benefit of the Doubt, and Complicity
Even More Reflections (Updated 8/22/14):
You might want to rethink that comment you are about to post about Ferguson, MO
Why we "never wait for the facts before we speak"
Different Rules Apply
Protest & the Liturgy of the Oppressed
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