April 30th 2015 launched the solidarity coalition march from downtown Philadelphia. A few thousand people gathered around 4pm in the evening at City Hall. The protest speeches and poems started shortly after. There were white, hispanic, oriental and other ethnics. Solidarity marches were in other cities across the nation. The statement was strong that black lives matter, but why is it needed to be said when it should be understood. Of course, all lives matter but why are black men dying at the hands of police more than any other race.
Another well needed speech was given on the fact that blacks are killing blacks.
It seems with this rash of killings so close together, we have an epidemic of major proportions. If fear is the true motivator of these killings then do we blame Freddie Grey for running, or understand the police reacting. Do police fear dark skin men? Do blacks fear police?
It is unacceptable that justice is absent in the face of abuse. Any group can say justice for us but to level the playing field it should be justice for all. Where there is no justice, absolutely there is no peace. We need police. We have some great police officers who are truly professional an compassionate and are doing fantastic work. Officers have a dangerous job and I take my hat off to them. When officers do the wrong thing, just like the general public, they should be held accountable.
The justice system is at the root balancing the scales of equality.
It should be understood that inequality, greed, incompetent leadership and poverty is at the root of violence in this country. Those who have the most power to change this dynamic refuse because of selfish greed. Black men need jobs and education. Those who have been incarcerated and released back into society need help. They can not just be thrown into the free world with no support system.
Young black women and men, the new blood flowing through the veins of an awaking giant, are on the verge of revolution. Revolution does not always mean violence but strategy and thinking.
The black single woman who struggles to maintain a Fatherless household while raising her children faces tremendous odds. The cost of child care, housing, education and other expenses is astronomical.
Black women are also crying out for respect and recognition in a male dominated world becoming more and more divided with unequal distribution of rewards given for the same achievement. America's sleeping giant is a rising army of powerful women in leadership positions whose voices are about to be heard as never before. All over the world women are stepping in to high offices of leadership in many countries. Women Presidents are the wave of the future. The solidarity of progressive movement toward change is being forged by young dynamic and intelligent sisters along with their female allies from other ethnic groups.
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