Jordan Neely was a Black man who died after being held in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a white vigilante, on the New York City subway in 2023. Penny was acquitted by a jury, but the Peoples Senate, which is the next phase of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition, is hosting a community forum at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn on Saturday, February 1st. This is the first in a series of workshops organized by the Medgar Evers College Coalition. We are joined by Tag, who is on the coordinating committee of Spirit of Mandela.
The author helps us think about Blackness, queerness, and artistic production in new lights.
State violence directly impacts communities’ and individual’s ability to feel well, safe, dignified, respected, and valued.
Now as in the past, much of the talk about American “freedom” is really about white people’s presumed right to dominate everyone else.
The racist roots of healthcare in this country run as deep as the slavery underpinnings of policing.
Census data show 19 percent of Black households did not have enough food to eat in the past week, compared to 7 percent of white households.
