"The People of Ferguson Have the Power to Fire the Entire Police Force"

[sabrina 1]

35. I did a little research on how Kickstarter works. Apparently they are there to help artists

raise funds for creative projects. Here they explain how it works: https://www.kickstarter.com/hello

Iow, they are not for raising funds for issues like this. However, how about trying to get some film makers involved, people who make documentaries eg, Robert Greenwald, Michael Moore eg? Propose a documentary, with Ferguson as the focus/example to illustrate the facts about racism in places like Ferguson where residents describe their communites as 'occupied'.

I don't know what it would cost to make a short documentary but that would be one way to use Kickstarter to raise funds and then use funds from the documentary itself for legal or other expenses.

Avaaz is another organization to think about. They have millions of members worldwide and are very successful at Petitioning powerful people to get attention for issues, like this one. They don't raise funds, as far as I know, but they do petition Governments.

First I think it would be important to spread the word about this around the internet, on Twitter, FB etc to raise awareness that there is this possible way to change things in Ferguson.

Second, someone with access could involve people in the Entertainment world eg, and in Congress, like John Lewis eg.

The more people who know about the possibility of giving some power back to the people, the more ideas there would be.

I know there are some great Community Leaders in Ferguson itself. I wonder if they know about this possibility.

I didn't know about it until I read it on DK and it seemed to me that the people do not have to feel so powerless anymore. It would take a huge amount of organizing and many groups and organizations involved.

But first thing would be to register enough people to vote.

There is an organization of Black Lawyers right in Ferguson right now. Perhaps contacting THEM with this information, which they may already know of course, would be a good place to start.

I will check a few more organizations and post them tomorrow.