(Action Recorded 10/10/2022) and (Uploaded 10/13/2022)
#StopTheSweeps #NoEvictionsOnStolenLand #NativeLivesMatter
Monday was Indigenous People's Day and World Homeless Day. It was also a day a number of groups in Minneapolis called an Emergency Action in response to multiple forced evictions of encampments of unhoused peoples in the city.
Clips and Speeches in this Report:
Melanie Groves (Minneapolis Resident and Mutual Aid Worker) -- clip
Rissa (Native Lives Matter) -- Speech
DJ Hooker (Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar/arrested defending encampments)
Toshira Garraway (founder of Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence)
The action was called by:
Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence, Community Kitchen, Anti-War Committee, Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar, Racial Justice Network, Native Lives Matter, and Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro, Cop Watch Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter Minnesota, Justice Frontline Aid, MN Wrongfully Convicted judicial reform, and Communities United Against Police Brutality.
Here is the link to the event from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/435439458694005
Here is a link to video of the majority of the speeches at the action from Urban Cabin Studios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT4HKdAq9IA&t=369s
