Endorsements of the 2009 October 22nd national Call:
Families of People Killed by Law Enforcement
Maria C Buuenrostro and Jose Luis Buenrostro (parents of Jose Luis Buenrostro, 15 yr old killed by OPD)
Ophelia Randall Ealy, mother of Michael Randall Ealy (killed by Seattle police 12/28/98)
Danny Garcia (brother of Mark Garcia killed by SF police)
Robin Glenn (auntie of Jody Mac Woodfox killed by OPD)
Rashidah Grinage (wife of Rafael Grinage and mother of Luke Grinage killed by OPD)
Nicholas Heyward, Sr., father of Nicholas Heyward Jr. (killed by NYPD)
Mesha Irizarry (mother of Idriss Stelley killed by SF police)
Cephus Johnson (uncle of Oscar Grant killed by Bart police)
Patricia Johnson (sister of Anita Gay who was killed by Berkeley Police)
Yolanda McGill (mother of Terrance Mearis killed by Oakland police)
Michael Moppin and Sonya Wahnee (parents of Andrew Moppin Comanche-Klamath killed by Oakland police)
Allene Person (mother of Timur Person who was killed by NYPD)
Elvira Pollard (mother of Gus Rugley who was killed by SF police)
Margarita Rosario, mother of Anthony Rosario and aunt of Hilton Vega (killed by NYPD)
Zeporia Smith (auntie of Oscar Grant killed by Bart police)
Family of Asa Sullivan, ( Asa Sullivan was killed by SF police)
Art and Teresa Tims, ( parents of Richard Tims who was killed by SF police)
Tiffany Townsend and Marsha Polk Townsend (niece and sister of Brownie Polk,killed by OPD)
Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm Ferguson (killed by NYPD)
Organizations
Barrio Unido, San Francisco
Bay Area Freedom Socialist Party
Black August Organizing Committee
Coalition for Justice and Accountability, San Jose
Communities United Against Police Brutality, Minneapolis, MN
Dyke Community Activists, Seattle
Education Not Incarceration, SF
Guerrilla Republik
Global Exchange
Industrial Workers of the World, General Defense Committee
Idriss Stelley Action and Resource Center
La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco
LELO, Legacy of Equality, Leadership and Organizing, Seattle
Mama's Army
MOBB (Mothers of Black and Brown Babies)
Oakland Copwatch
OneFam, Oakland
Oakland Educational Association (OEA), Representative Council
Pastors Against Injustice, Roanoke, VA.
Picture the Homeless, NY
Poor News Network
Radical Women, SF
Redwood Curtain Copwatch
Revolution Books
Revolution Club of the Bay Area
Ricanstruction Netwerk, New York
Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities
San Francisco Bayview Newspaper
SF Tenants Union
The FTP Movement
Veterans for Peace
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Anti-Imperialist (VVAWAI)
World Can't Wait, SF Bay Area Chapter
Individuals
*(For identification purpose only)
Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan Ma’at, N’COBRA*
Reverend Dorsey Blake, Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, SF
Rev. Daniel Buford, Prophetic Ministry, Allen Temple Baptist Church *
John Burris, Civil Rights Attorney
David Campos, Supervisor San Francisco
Laura Campos, Muralist
Chris Daly, Supervisor San Francisco
Dan DiLeva, October 22nd Coalition, Seattle, WA
Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party
Anitra Freeman, longtime community activist for the homeless, Seattle
Timothy Harris, Executive Director of Real Change, Seattle
Jesse Lokahi Heiwa, Neoyorquinos Socialistas, NY
Dr. Tony Jackson, Psychologist, Prof. Of Psychology
Wayne Johnson, Police Misconduct Attorney
Jewnbug, spoken word artist
Rev. Phil Lawson
Sensei Greg Lewis -- victim of--and winner of lawsuit against -- police brutality, Seattle
Dr. Loco, Jose Cuellar, Prof. San Francisco State University
Leroy Moore, poet, journalist, social justice and disability activist
Efia Nwangaza, African-American Institute for Policy and Planning
Wilson Riles, Oakland CAN
Karen Saari, researcher for Stolen Lives project
Lynne Stewart, New York
Samina Faheem Sundas, American Muslim Voice*
Celeste Taylor, Pittsburgh, PA
Rick Turner, Meaningful Nights at the Movies, Seattle
Prof. Tryon Woods, Dept. of Criminology, Sonoma State University*
Brian K. Woodson Sr., Servant, Bay Area Christian Connection*
Linda Yedlin, Michael Randall Ealy Social Justice Foundation, Seattle
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Endorsements 2009 list,
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