BLACK P.O.W.E.R

Black (P)ortland (O)rganizers (W)orking to (E)nd (R)acism // Formerly Black Lives Matter Portland 📍Occupied Abenaki Territory

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

6 months ago, 10 of us in Portland had organized to take action against brutal injustices and demand liberation for all. Read more on who we are, what we've done and what we're working towards. https://t.co/qlPxToj3zR

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

We’re hiring! Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

When y’all say “ we are nothing like the south”

[NEWS CENTER Maine @newscentermaine]

BREAKING: A Maine man was arrested by the FBI Thursday for his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. https://t.co/rtkfxwBUdh

[People First Portland @PeopleFirstPTL]

📢 Announcing: A People First Charter!

We're proud to launch a new effort to engage and mobilize Portland for our upcoming Charter Commission election. Our goal is a redistribution of power for all - not just the powerful few.

Participate: https://t.co/OvEOwjkBi5

@DSA_Maine

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

An open letter from Black P.O.W.E.R addressing the recent promotion of Sergeant Nicholas Goodman to Community Services Lieutenant / Community Policing Lieutenant. Nicholas Goodman has shot and killed two of our Portland community members in the last ten years.

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

This is important!

[#BlackLivesMatter-LA @BLMLA]

HERE’S ONE QUICK THING YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW!
EARLY MORNING ACTION!
We need everybody to call Alameda County DA Nancy O’Malley and tell her to open up the case v. former BART police officer Anthony Pirone for the murder of #OscarGrant at 510-272-6222.

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

Our workshop is scheduled for 12 noon EST on MLK JR day. Open to those who identify as BIPOC. see you then!

[blackness everdeen @traceyecorder]

Today has shown police don’t need de-escalation training, they choose who to escalate on, that’s not a training issue. Police don’t need unconscious bias training, they are conscious of their bias.

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

“We’re from Maine” Terrorist taking a selfies with capital police.

Mainers we have a lot of work to do. #DefundThePolice

[Timothy Burke @bubbaprog]

Cops are taking selfies with the terrorists.

[George M Johnson Garçon @IamGMJohnson]

White folk are really fighting other white folk because they feel oppressed by those white folks even though power is transferring from one white man to another white man.

[Maine NAACP @MaineNAACP]

Thank you, Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross.

https://t.co/yQBpieYoAp

[Maine Youth Justice @maine_youth]

2021 is a great year to close Long Creek Youth Development Center and reinvest millions into the transformation of our communities.

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

Head over to Portland Housing Coalition and donate what you can to our unhoused family! https://t.co/DYj88eY91f

[People First Portland @PeopleFirstPTL]

“We are so, so, so tired of telling this city exactly what we need for accountability, for transparency for truth, for speaking for ourselves, and time and time again, to be ignored, to be told we don’t know what we’re talking about,” - @BLMPortlandMe

https://t.co/bgoz0PddGn

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

Resource link with the zoom links and JJ's response: https://t.co/HuFhHv4zd0

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

Please join us in providing public comment at the Police Citizen Review Meeting tonight at 6:00 PM to tell the city how far short these decisions fall from our demands as residents of Portland. Click through the thread.
Here’s the link zoom meeting: https://t.co/Ie6coRPCTj

[BLACK P.O.W.E.R @BLMPortlandMe]

Black P.O.W.E.R stand for truth. We stand with our native family to do the necessary work to decolonize our minds and our community. Now ask yourself if you have done the necessary work to decolonize your mind?

https://t.co/KZeWIRbRH6

[Shay Stewart Bouley @blackgirlinmain]

Good night luvs. These are challenging times, we can't do a lot to change things, but stay safe and tend to our emotional gardens.