Today is Jena 6 National Day of Action, so get involved!

by Carmen Van Kerckhove

Thousands of people are gathered in Jena, Louisiana today to protest the the injustice being done to the Jena Six.

But you don’t need to go to Jena to get involved.

ColorofChange.org has put together a set of tools so that you can lend your support today, no matter where you are geographically.

You can type in your zip code to find Jena Six events happening in your area, you can find a list of numbers so you can call Louisiana officials to put on the pressure, you can print out flyers to hand out in your neighborhood, banners you can put on your web site, and much, much more.

They have declared today to be the Jena 6 National Day of Action. So get involved!

Tomorrow’s link post will be devoted exclusively to Jena Six-related stories. So if you have any links you’d like us to include, please submit them via del.icio.us!

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Women of Color Blog » On the road to Justice on 20 Sep 2007 at 2:12 pm

[...] to your child about why they/you are wearing black? Have you told your child why s/he is worth it? Have you figured out how you can be involved? Have you wondered what the Jena Six have to do with Latin@ Immigrants? Have you been wondering what [...]
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[...] checking the Jena Six tags @ All About Race and Slant Truth for updates. Racialicious will have a round-up of Jena protest coverage [...]
bastard.logic on 20 Sep 2007 at 10:39 pm

Jena 6 Day of Action 09.20 (BUMPED & UPDATED)…

by matttbastard

What you can do on 09.20
Sign the petition
Join the Virtual March
(Update 06.20:

add your pic here)
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Jena 6 Roundup « Fitness for the Occasion on 21 Sep 2007 at 8:30 am

[...] to your child about why they/you are wearing black? Have you told your child why s/he is worth it? Have you figured out how you can be involved? Have you wondered what the Jena Six have to do with Latin@ Immigrants? Have you been wondering what [...]

Comments

nsekuye wrote:

also don’t forget to wear black from head to toe wherever you are!

Posted 20 Sep 2007 at 11:51 am ¶
egypt4 wrote:

Carmen, kudos to you for being one of the bloogers who created this momentum!

Posted 20 Sep 2007 at 5:00 pm ¶
hoo_boy wrote:

Sorry I didn’t share this earlier. I know this will be blogged tomorrow, but if you didn’t catch Bush’s press conference earlier today, you’ll have to see this priceless exchange with CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux who tried to pin Bush down on the “Jena 6″ as well as a deterioration in race relations. Michael Fletcher from the Washington Post also tried later to ask another question. Note the comments as much as the silence. I wouldn’t want to spoil the fun…

http://tinyurl.com/ysfnj8

Posted 20 Sep 2007 at 7:55 pm ¶
JC wrote:

Great idea, but the main stream white media is already painting this as “bunch of black or pro-black wackos planning on disturbing the lives of the poor, innocent white resident of a quaint Souther town over some teenage BLACK thugs.” This country is still dominated by racist media giants.

Posted 21 Sep 2007 at 11:40 am ¶