WE ARE DESERVING AND WORTHY OF A WORLD WHERE WE CAN THRIVE AND NOT JUST SURVIVE. WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN ABUNDANCE THROUGH CULTURE, PRACTICING BLACK ECONOMIES, BARTERING OUR SKILLS, TRADING OUR SERVICES, AND SHARING WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. WE ARE DESERVING OF STABLE ROOFS OVER OUR HEADS, BEDS TO REST, FULL BELLIES, HEALTH, AND OUR 40 ACRES AND A MULE.
OUR ANCESTORS DID NOT DREAM OF US SLAVING NINE HOURS AND FOR CORPORATIONS THAT MURDER US, POISON OUR WATER, AND BREAK OUR SPIRITS. THEY DID NOT WANT CORPORATIONS STANDING ON OUR BACKS, STEALING OUR WAGES WHILE GOVERNMENTS TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS. THEY DID NOT WANT US FIGHTING FOR CRUMBS AMONGST OURSELVES BECAUSE THEY KNEW, AS WE KNOW NOW, THAT THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US.
THEY ENVISIONED A WORLD WHERE BLACK PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND BUSINESSES THRIVED.SO IN HONOR OF THEM, WE WILL NO LONGER BEAR THE BURDEN OF BUDGETS THAT FUND PRISONS, POLICE, AND THE DEATH OF OUR BABIES WHILE PROVIDING UNLIMITED SUPPORT TO THE 1%.
WE DEMAND WORKER RIGHTS, POWER THAT PROTECTS US DAILY, AND WEALTH THAT EXTENDS GENERATIONS AND PROVIDES US WITH PEACE OF MIND WITHOUT BREAKING OUR POCKETS. WE DEMAND TO BE STAKEHOLDERS. WE DEMAND POWER WITHIN THE COMPANIES, BUSINESSES, AND CORPORATIONS WE WORK FOR NOW. WE DEMAND CONTROL OF OUR WORK ENVIRONMENTS, THE ABILITY TO DICTATE HOW WE EARN, AND HOW PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED.
SO WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO FEED US, WITH WORKERS IN THEIR FIGHT FOR MORE THAN $15.00 AN HOUR, WITH THE OLDER BLACK LADY WHO WATCHES ALL OF OUR BABIES AND THE LOCAL FAMILY THAT HAS A FISH FRY EVERY FRIDAY TO HELP PAY THEIR RENT.
WE STAND WITH THE HEALERS WHO PROVIDE CARE WHEN HEALTH SYSTEMS FAIL US AND THE BLACK BUSINESS FOLKS BUILDING NEW ECONOMICS THAT ARE AFFIRMING AND FREE OF EXTORTION AND WAGE THEFT.
