2018 EVENTS

Organization: Faith In Action Alabama

Where: Huntsville, AL - TBD

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: We will be gathering to launch our campaign Operation Bail Out, where the faith community will protest the injustices of the money bail system by bailing people out who have minor offenses and are too poor to pay bail.

 

Organization: Trans Queer Pueblo

Where: 1726 E Roosevelt St. Phoenix Arizona 85006

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: What does safety and liberation mean for trans and queer migrants and people of color? We will gather the 7th of August as LGBTQ+ migrants and communities of color to end criminalization and state violence, create autonomous wellbeing, and imagine a world of safety and liberation for our communities. At "Queer-més por la Seguridad y Liberación #NOSL18." Community members will share food and company while cycling through stations to write letters to LGBTQ+ migrants in detention, get STI and HIV testing, participate in traditional healing and create a vision quilt to collectively imagine our trans queer future and be part of making Phoenix a safe place for all.  

 

Organization: Ecology Center

Where: Right next to the South Berkeley Farmers’ Market

When: Tuesday, August 7; 6 pm - 9:30 pmm

What: Come celebrate community with Ecology Center Farmers’ Markets and Phillips Temple AME Church. Food, music with Hip Hop for Change and DJ O-Aces, BOUNCE HOUSE, movie screening and more.

Organization: Justice Not Jails

Where: Ward AME Church, Los Angeles, CA

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time - TBD

What: Moderated panel discussion with activists and members of law enforcement oversight boards including the Police Commission and the Sheriff's Civilian Oversight Commission.

Organization: Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

Where: San Antonio Park, 1701 E 19th St, Oakland, CA 94606

When: Tuesday, August 7; 5 pm-8 pm

What: We're creating a safezone free of #BBQBeckys and #JoggerJoes in 2018! Gather in San Antonio Park for an evening of food, music, poetry, face painting, games, health & wellness services, educational resources and more.

 

Organization: RYSE Youth Center

Where: 205 41st St., Richmond, CA

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time -TBD

What: Join the RYSE Center in redefining safety beyond fear, punishment, policing, and incarceration. This community event features art & performances, resources, family-friendly activities, food, and fun! Come break bread, connect with neighbors, friends, and family, and join the conversation on what creates safety — from quality jobs to racial justice, gender justice to youth empowerment, immigrant rights to affordable housing and beyond. It takes a village to imagine what #SafetyIs for all of us — a village to build dignity, roots, power, and beloved community. 

Organization: SF Interrupting Racial Profiling Campaign

Organization: Fathers & Families of San Joaquin

Where: Stockton, CA-TBD

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: Join us for a community block party! 

 

Organization: Movement for Black Lives DC; Stop Police Terror Project DC; Black Lives Matter DC; API Resistance; SURJ DC; Maroon House

Where: Maroon House, 1005 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC 20018

When: Tuesday, August 7; 5 pm - 9 pm

What: A night of food, art, music, performances, conversation, and more! Building safer communities starts with building connections between neighbors. Childcare, ASL interpretation, and food will be provided.

 

Organization: Black Lives Matter: Chicago

Where: 63rd St. and Woodlawn, Chicago IL

When: Tuesday, August 7; 6 pm – 9 pm

What: We will gather in Healing Village, an open, tented area to honor the 2012 Woodlawn Mental Health Clinic occupation. For several years, community members and organizers fought hard with the City of Chicago to keep the mental health center open. We will explore the relationships between police brutality, violence and mental health, by hearing from families that have been impacted by CPD abuse. We will engage community organizers who have been fighting to incorporate mental health into a pending CPD consent decree and participants will create plans that will lead to constructing a grassroots model of community safety.

 

Organization: Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan

Where: Marygrove College- 8425 W McNichols Rd, Detroit, MI 48221

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: Community event on campus grounds with food, music, spoken word, the visual arts, and small group breakout sessions on various issues that represent what safety and liberation means. There will also be onsite childcare and activities for children of all ages.

 

Where: Block Party at 28th St. & 30th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN

When: Tuesday, August 7; 5p-7p

What: Join us for a Block Party to gather with fellow community members as we discuss solutions with neighbors about alternatives to policing in our neighborhoods.  

 

Organization: Enlace-in collaboration with Freedom Cities 

Where: Brooklyn, NY

When: Tuesday, August 7; TBD

What: As NYPD prepares for their night out against crime we prepare for Night Out for Safety and Liberation. This NOSL we will rally against the rampant police brutality and the precincts responsible for the racist murder of Black and Brown people. Freedom Cities NYC will be coordinating with multiple community organizations linking police brutality to the rampant gentrification of Brooklyn and the hyper-criminalization of Black and Brown people. It is important that our communities redefine what safety means to use and instead of the imposed and forced term of safety being law enforcement. 

 

Organization: Ohio Organizing Collaborative

Where: 482 S. Arlington St, Akron, OH 

When: Tuesday, August 7; 5-8p

What: Join us as we discuss our goals to change the conversation about public safety, so that is less focused on fear, punishment, and criminalization and more focused on ways we can build equity and power by investing in our communities. Theme: Peace For Your Mind Body & Soul.

Organization: Southern Orchards Civic Association

Where: Family Missionary Baptist Church , 996 Oakwood Avenue

When: Tuesday, August 7; 6pm - 9pm

What: Join the Southern Orchards Civic Association on August 7th for our 2018 Night Out for Safety and Liberation! Our vision in Southern Orchards is for a whole, healthy, and engaged community where all people are empowered to pursue their hopes, dreams, and aspirations. To bring our vision to life, the Southern orchards Civic Association catalyzes collaborations with key strategic partners to improve the quality of life for all residents of Southern Orchards through individual and community services.

 

Organization: Enlace - Portland

Where: tinyurl.com/PDXSafetyIs (Register to receive location info)

When: Tuesday, August 7; 4p-8p

What: Join us to share food, music, stories and celebrate our communities as we create a safe, joyous space that is multi-racial, multi-sector, and that centralizes pro-Blackness and youth of color leadership. Free food, kids' space, workshops, music performances, interactive community art, healing and self-care activities, tenants’ rights' intake, prisoner letter writing station, and expungement clinic. NOSL exists as a space where our communities stand together against criminalization and policing, and toward a vision of safety that leaves no community behind. At NOSL, we can practice bringing our visions of liberation into the now.  

 

Organization: Faith in Texas

Where: Lew Sterrett Justice Center, 111 Commerce St,  Dallas TX 75207

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: Our community will gather to bring attention to ending cash bail and educating people on the power of the Sheriff and district attorneys, as a step toward fighting for criminal justice reform. We will also launch our campaign to bail out folks who can't afford it every Friday in August.

Organization: Grassroots Leadership/Texas Advocates for Justice-Houston

Where: Holman St. Baptist Church- 3501 Holman St, Houston TX 77004

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: Block party on Holman St, featuring a family friendly environment with a kid’s zone. Various community organizations will be on site providing information on various resources and information important to the community. We will have music, speakers, and food. 

 

Organization: Statewide Poverty Action Network

Where: Auburn, Washington

When: Tuesday, August 7; Time-TBD

What: Join us for a community block party!