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B.O.P. @BlackOrgProject

đź“ŤOakland-Black Grassroots member led org working for Racial, Social Economic justice. Check out our historic George Floyd Resolution!

Joined August 2011
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Honoring Our Past, Fighting for Our Future ✊🏾📚 This Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black History in Education—connecting the struggles, victories, and ongoing fight for police-free schools to BOP’s work for true educational justice. #PoliceFreeSchools
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"When The Roots Are Deep There Is No Reason To Fear The Wind”- African proverb Habari Gani? Happy Kwanzaa Family ✊🏾
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Writer, Activist, Revered Poet, Black Arts Movement Icon. Yesterday, ancestordom welcomed the beloved Nikki Giovanni. 🕊Wishing Nikki a soft passage into the ancestral realm. " i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live" —Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry
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We, the people, have a choice and opportunity to disrupt this social norm and choose to invest where it matters—to pour our dollars directly into community-led solutions. Give to Black Organizing Project today & help us transform systems! 💜bit.ly/GIVEBOP23
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Your donations power a vision of true racial, social, & economic justice that rebuilds the spirit & foundation of our community & transforms the lives of Black people & all people. 🧡Help us build this vision of Black Sanctuary by donating this week. bit.ly/GIVEBOP23
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HAPPY GFR DAY! Can you believe it's already been 4 years since our George Floyd Resolution was passed, making Oakland Schools entirely police free !!! In honor of GFR Day, we are releasing our special edition OUSD Police-Free Shirts! Grab one today! gfranniversary.com
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Last month, BOP organizers and members made a visit to the State Capital to support CA Assembly Bill 2441. 🎉As cosponsors of this bill, we are happy to announce that AB2441 has PASSED the California assembly and is making its way to the CA State Senate!
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Malaika Parker, executive director of @BlackOrgProject, shares the progress that has been made in ending the criminalization of Black & brown youth in the 4 years since the passage of the #GeorgeFloydResolution for #PoliceFree Schools in Oakland. yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024…

How Black Parents Got Cops Out of Oakland Schools

After adopting the George Floyd Resolution for Police-Free Schools, Oakland-area schools saw significant reductions in racist criminalization of Black and Brown kids.

yesmagazine.org
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" Our progress in Oakland has shown us what works to transform local systems that punish Black youth and communities of color: Put young people, parents, and community members at the center of the work. " yesmagazine.org/opinion/2024…
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RT @freeblackgirl: We were fortunate to publish an op-ed by Malaika Parker, the executive director of @BlackOrgProject, about Black familie…

How Black Parents Got Cops Out of Oakland Schools

After adopting the George Floyd Resolution for Police-Free Schools, Oakland-area schools saw significant reductions in racist criminalization of Black and Brown kids.

yesmagazine.org
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ACLU California Action@ACLU_CalAction
31 May 2024
Thank you, Asm. @ash_kalra, for authoring #AB2441 with us & our co-sponsors. ✨ 🎊We’re proud of our multiple co-sponsors who paved the way for the bill’s passage: @PublicCounsel @DoloresHuertaFD @AllianceforBMOC @DisabilityCA @BlackOrgProject @SACBPSB @ColemanSF1 & @sjli_ca.
Disability Rights California
@DisabilityCA
31 May 2024
DRC is thrilled to announce that a California state bill we co-sponsored to keep students in school, #AB2441, has PASSED the California Assembly! 🎉 If passed and signed into law, #AB2441 will: ✏️ Allow educators the discretion to decide whether to report certain student behaviors to law enforcement, while still having the right to involve law enforcement if they choose to. ✏️ Support students in thriving at school by decreasing law enforcement involvement in certain student behavioral issues. Thank you, Assemblymember @ash_kalra, for authoring this bill with us and our co-sponsors. We are also proud of our multiple co-sponsors who helped pave the way to the bill’s passage.👏👏 ➡️ Next stop: We’re heading to the CA State Senate. Stay tuned!
A photo of the California State Capitol. Text overlay: The California Assembly has voted yes on a bill to reduce law enforcement interactions with students!

ALT A photo of the California State Capitol. Text overlay: The California Assembly has voted yes on a bill to reduce law enforcement interactions with students!
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Special Shout Out to Community Member Victor Vasquez for his impeccable words and reflections as a Skyline Alumni. (See Open Letter) We are better together, Oakland. đź’śđź–¤
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Our hearts go out to the students and families of Skyline High School. We know there are better days on the horizon, and we will continue to do our part to achieve better, safer schools in OUSD.
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ACLU California Action@ACLU_CalAction
24 May 2024
It's been 70 years since Brown v. Board, and we still have a lot of work to do before that promise is fulfilled. Join us next Weds. for our State of Black Education event in Sacramento, where we'll be unveiling the Black Education Report Card. đź“ŚRSVP: tinyurl.com/SOBE24
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RIGHT NOW Police Free Schools Organizers and Allies are in Sacramento at a hearing to voice their opposition for the proposed CA Bill 3038— a bill that would require all CA schools to have at least one armed police officer on campus. Full Statement: blackorganizingproject.org/b…
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Edward W. Hazen Foundation@HazenFdn
27 Mar 2024
#ICYMI: LISTEN to our grantees speak about their local efforts to protect #schools, #students, and #families amid ongoing attacks that threaten public #education: hazenfdn.medium.com/fighting… @ARpanel1963 @AIMforPower @YouthRiseTX @BlackOrgProject

Fighting Back Against Threats to Public Education

Public education is an undeniable right, yet many communities are forced to fight for it. Public schools across the country face mounting…

hazenfdn.medium.com
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4 years ago today, 26 year old Breonna Taylor was taken from her family & community. This Women’s History Month- amplify these calls from women & Black women in particular, for justice & safety and autonomy & ALL the things that we've been fighting for. In honor of Breonna 🕊
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📸Snapshots from todays walk out led by Westlake Middle School's BSU. Our youth are powerful, and they know what they will and won't stand for ✊🏾
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Black [Oakland] History The uprisings that spurred after the murder of Oscar Grant were not only a moment of reckoning for Oakland– these uprisings were also a pivotal moment in the creation of the Black Organizing Project in 2009.
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Today is Oscar’s birthday, and on this day, we uplift him and honor him, for although his life was taken unjustly, he became a symbol for resistance that became larger than just one life.
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We also honor his family and loved ones who continue to honor his legacy by working deeply in our community through their own organizations and always standing in support and loving solidarity with BOP and other community orgs. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar Grant đź•Š
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