Saturday July 20 the International Council for Urban Peace,
Justice and Empowerment of Lorain County organized a rally at Veteran’s Park,
downtown Lorain. The rally was to show
solidarity for the injustice which came upon the life of Trayvon and to show
support for his family. Despite
opposition, the rally in Lorain was not only peaceful, it was beautiful. The voices of those who have died and have
unsolved cases were heard, the voice of those who feel oppressed were heard and
the voice of those who have no hope were heard.
The rally spoke of the importance healing our community, and
about the importance of educating ourselves to take back our streets from
crime, to demand justice in a system that all too often appears to be unjust.
No child is born with hate and no child is born inferior,
yet somewhere in our teachings we are stereotyped, profiled, and classified,
creating a system with clear lines of social, economical and political divisions,
and these divisions become engrained in the conscious of our young people.
The ICUPJE of Lorain County aims to empower each one of us
to take hold of their life situation, don’t accept inferiority, don’t accept
violence on your street, and don’t accept poverty, educate our youth, respect
each other and be the change.
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ReplyDeleteThe world today is full of hate & violence, societies are not color-blind to this, whatever color black/brown or white it doesn't make victimization by one race or the other race a committed violence. It’s all criminal. The disintegration of core family values, babies born out of wedlock, strict discipline in schools, derelict parenting and lack of involved fathers, throw in some drugs for entertainment and there's your recipe for chaos no matter what the grievances.
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