On August 30, 26 representatives of social justice organizations came together with a message of determined resistance. In this period of escalating crisis, pandemic and racist onslaughts their message is: Keep it in the Streets! The webinar, hosted by UNAC, was followed by thousands on Zoom, Facebook and on YouTube.
Joe Lombardo, UNAC
Sara Flounders, IAC
Adelanda Akindes, Kenosha
Omar Flores, MAARPR
Michael Sampson, NAARPR
Adrienne Kinne, VfP
Tina Marshall
Loraine Liriano
Joselyn Velazquez
Norah Sarsour, Palestine
Genevieve LeChat, FIRE
Nate Chase, IAC
Yousef Zakaria, CodePink
Chuck Vlatkin, PO Union
Devin Cole, Trans
Dedan Wacuiri, BAP
Eunice Mina Escobar, AFGJ
Bahman Azad, US Peace Council
Omawale Clay, Zimbabwe
Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance
Cassia Laham, POWIR
Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance
Jeff Mackler, Socialist Action
Ike Neham, Cuba
Patricia Hynes, WILPF
Christy Carpio, SDS
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Joe Lombardo, UNAC
Joe Lombardo is the National Coordinator for the past 10 years of United National Antiwar Coalition, a union activist for decades, a representative on Albany Troy Labor Council and part of Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace. The UNAC Website is located at https://unacpeace.org The UNAC Blog, End the Wars at Home and Abroad, is at https://unac.notowar.net -
Sara Flounders, IAC
Sara Flounders from International Action Center, helps coordinate the SanctionsKill Campaign and the United National Antiwar Coalition and writes for Workers World Newspaper. You can see her work at https://workers.org and at https://iacenter.org -
Adelanda Akindes, Kenosha
Adelana Akindes has been leader for past year in Coalition to March on the DNC. She is from Kenosha and was arrested in the mass anti racist protests on Wednesday. -
Omar Flores, MAARPR
Omar Flores, is leader of Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, spokesperson for the Coalition to March on the DNC, Omar grew up in Kenosha and is helping lead protests there. -
Michael Sampson, NAARPR
Michael Sampson II is a member of the National Desk of NAARPR (the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression) and AFSCME (American Federation of State County and Municiple Employees) Member in Jacksonville Florida. -
Adrienne Kinne, VfP
Adrienne Kinne is President of Veterans For Peace, National and active in VFP in the US and Britain. Adrienne served 10 years in US Army. -
Tina Marshall
Tina Marshall is a member of Resist RNC and Charlotte for Black Futures. -
Loraine Liriano
Lorraine Liriano Chávez an educator with the NYC Department of Education for (22) years. Member of the MORE Social Justice Caucus of the United Federation of Teachers. Coordinating Committee member for A Call to Action on Puerto Rico that is a collective committed to the independence of Puerto Rico. -
Joselyn Velazquez
Joselyn Velazquiz is a spokesperson for Jornada Se Acabaron Las Promesas in Puerto Rico, a group that has been in existence since 2016 that has fought and denounced the politics of austerity, the Promesa Law as well as the dictatorial fiscal control board. Loraine Liriano translates. -
Norah Sarsour, Palestine
Norah Sarsour is an Equity and Access to Higher Education Advocate and a member of the Southern California chapter of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network. -
Genevieve LeChat, FIRE
Genevieve LeChat speaks as a representative of FIRE - Fight for Im/migrants and Refugees Everywhere. Genevieve is a activists of AFSCME Local 3650 at Harvard University and cofounded Harvard TPS (Temporary Protected Status) Coalition with coworkers from SEIU and UNITE HERE whose legal residence and work authorization was terminated by Trump. Read more from Genevieve here: https://www.workers.org/2020/09/51455/ -
Nate Chase, IAC
Nate Chase is an organizer with International Action Center building international solidarity', and an activist in the streets with the Peoples Power Assembly -
Yousef Zakaria, CodePink
Yousef Zakaria is CODEPINK’s NYC Coordinator and Divest From the War Machine Campaigner. He is also an Educator. He is working on the Sanctions Kill campaign and on CODEPINK’s Divest from the War Machine campaign in New York City. -
Chuck Vlatkin, PO Union
Chuck Zlatkin is the Legislative and Political Director for the New York Metro Area Postal Union, the largest local in the American Postal Workers Union. He has been activist in the struggle to maintain a public Postal Service. -
Devin Cole, Trans
Devin Cole coordinates Social Trans Initiative, or STRIVE. STROVE is an advocacy group that provides services to transgender people in northwest Florida ans gives trans youth a safe haven when dealing with hardships. -
Dedan Wacuiri, BAP
Dedan Waciuri is an organizer for Black Alliance for Peace. Dedan is a founding members of Mapinduzi’s in Greenville NC, organizing for community police boards that hold police accountable. -
Eunice Mina Escobar, AFGJ
Eunice Mina Escobar is a grassroots activist and organizer. Eunice is involved in solidarity work with the Afro-Colombians and indigenous communities, the Ayotzninapa solidarity movement, the anti-sanctions movement, the African Diaspora movement, and other Latin-American grassroots solidarity work. Eunice is a National Codirector of the Alliance for Global Justice. -
Bahman Azad, US Peace Council
Bahman Azad is an Iranian American activist and professor. Bahman is organizational Secretary and UN Representative of the US Peace Council and Coordinates No Foreign Bases Coalition. He was CoChair of the Embassy Protectors Defense Committee. -
Omawale Clay, Zimbabwe
Omowale Clay is a member of the International Secretariat of the December 12 Movement, focused on solidarity with people of Zimbabwe and on the Reparations movement. -
Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance
Margaret Flowers is an American pediatrician, public health advocate, and activist, one of 4 Embassy Protectors of Venezuelan Embassy and coordinator of Popular Resistance. You can see more of Margaret Flowers at https://popularresistance.org -
Cassia Laham, POWIR
Cassia Laham represents POWIR - Peoples Oppositions to War, Imperialism and Racism in Fort Lauderdale, FL, March on the RNC and is a member of the Adminstrative Committee of UNAC. Cassia is also a teacher in South Florida. -
Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance
Kevin Zeese was Co-Director of Popular Resistance, a lawyer, a Venezuelan Embassy Protector. He was involved in protecting Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange. Kevin passed away just a week after this webinar. You can see more of Kevin's work on Popular Resistance at https://popularresistance.org -
Jeff Mackler, Socialist Action
Jeff Mackler is a member of the UNAC Administrative Committee. He is the General Secretary of Socialist Action, and the author of many books, pamphlets and articles. Jeff Mackler is the Socialist Action candidate for President as he was in 2016. You can see more of Jeff's work on the Socialist Action blog: https://socialistaction.org -
Ike Neham, Cuba
Ike Nahem is a longtime anti-imperialist, socialist activist and leader of Cuba Solidarity and anti-blockade work. He is retired locomotive engineer & Teamster. -
Patricia Hynes, WILPF
Patricia Hynes member of WILPF-US - the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Earth Democracy Group, author of The Recurring Silent Spring, Director of Taprock Center for Peace and Justice. -
Christy Carpio, SDS
Long time activist in SDS from Gainesville to Tampa. Chrisley campaigns against tuition hikes, racist police shootings on campus, budget cuts, and US wars. Students' rights campaigns...