2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDNC To Vote On Resolution Supporting #BlackLivesMatter
http://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands/dnc-to-vote-on-resolution-supporting-black-lives-matter?utm_term=.rudQaokWJ#.ljvZkdlRJThe resolution, the language of which was made available to BuzzFeed News, will be voted on by the full body during the general session on Friday at the DNCs summer meetings in Minneapolis.
The draft of the resolution mentions by name Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza, the founders of the Black Lives Matter organization. They are from a generation of young African-Americans who feel totally dismissed and unheard as they are crushed between unlawful street violence and unjust police violence, the draft reads.
The DNC said it resolves that the DNC joins with Americans across the country in affirming Black lives matter and the say her name efforts to make visible the pain of our fellow and sister Americans as they condemn extrajudicial killings of unarmed African-American men, women, and children.
The text of the resolution is at the link.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)and I am happy to see the DNC support #BlackLivesMatter and 'say her name'
Raine1967
(11,600 posts)this is a smart move for the party as a whole.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)zappaman
(20,607 posts)Nice to see!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)thing. they are being heard. the dnc. fergusan. the nation.....
good for them, good for all of us.
Raine1967
(11,600 posts)We can't just keep talking in private circles and with hushed whispers about how bad this is it forces people to pay attention and it is deeply needed.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Thanks for posting this truly good news.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)Vinca
(50,861 posts)I support their cause, but I'm not a fan of their tactics.
Cha
(304,374 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,375 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Everyone benefits greatly by listening to these courageous people from the Black Lives Matter Movement.
It's urgent.
I want to see more of their policy proposals enacted.
And if they choose I would like to see them taken seriously as leaders and wherever possible incorporated into mentor or leadership positions in the democratic party.
Black Lives Matter.