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A page dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the New York Chapter of the Young Lords. #YoungLords50NY

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We are excited to share that today’s event will be LIVE-STREAMED. To join the event go to our #YoungLords50NY Facebook page at 4:00pm (EST).

Link for live stream: https://t.co/Ts9vak9Qgs

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The movement of Jesus was not just one of faith but of works...one which called us to set the oppressed free...

We want to inspire a new generation to change the world. And where else to do it than here? And when else to do it than now?

—Rev. @HabiChula

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This [church] is a sacred space. And the older I get I realize that the [People’s Church] Offensive might have been offensive to those who worshipped here. But I hope they understand that what we wanted to do was what the tradition says: care for the least of these—Sabu Colón

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[To bring change] go into the community, feel that love, and listen—Minerva Solla

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Following Angela I believe we have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world and we have to do it all the time. That’s the level of consciousness we need. We are the ones. And it’s possible with a vision and collaboration—Gloria Rodriguez

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There weren’t many women in the defense ministry but I was there...and Pai would teach us how to defend our leaders...and what people need to understand is that we were ready to die, even at that young age we were ready to die—Minerva Solla

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People’s levels of consciousness converge in periods of time and when they sync, mass movements emmerge...And in this country Black folk are and have always been the vanguard of the movement—Sabu Colón

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I say I was Black, before I was Puerto Rican, because of that connection...in the streets where we became sisters and brothers—Minerva Solla

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The relationship between African American people and Puerto Rican people was the conduit that brought me to the Young Lords...My Black consciousness was there before my consciousness of Puerto Rico as a colony—Sabu Colón

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We would have criticism and self-criticism sessions weekly in the Organization...We created a space for folks to hash things out so that we could have the cohesion, unity that we needed to do the work. This was all about love.—Gloria Rodriguez

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The feeling of love was at the base of the [Young Lords] Organization because we had such a love for all of our people and for all of humanity—Gloria Rodriguez

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Sifu Jose “Pai” Diaz, who was Captain of Defense, shares about his family encouraging him to do martial arts to help with asthma and eventually studying Kung Fu in China Town. He later taught cadres how to defend themselves against police brutality.

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Minerva Solla talks about joining the Young Lords Party after hearing Felipe Luciano. After feeling inspired she and her friends went to sign up and were directed to the Lower East Side to join the new group of the Organization.

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Making the world a better place as connected to becoming a better person was constantly driven in the Young Lords. The personal is political and the political is personal. How you treat your spouse is as much your politics as your role in the revolution—Gilbert “Safu” Colón

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Our panel begins, moderated by Rev. Dorlimar Lebrón Malavé, with Gilbert “Sabu” Colón, Minerva Solla, Gloria M. Rodriguez, and Sifu Jose “Pai” Diaz.

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An idea is only as good as it lands in someone’s heart—Mickey Melendez

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Speedo Juan Pietri, son of Pedro Pietri, performs his father’s poem—“Puerto Rican Obituary”—in the same exact church his father performed it in, 50 years ago.

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Rev. @HabiChula leads us in a moment of remembrance for Chairman Fred Hampton, Rev. Bruce Johnson, and all those who have fallen.

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