[mgj-discuss] MARCH ON WASHINGTON ON DECEMBER 4TH TO SAVE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION!

[Ruth Castel-Branco]

MARCH ON WASHINGTON ON DECEMBER 4TH
TO SAVE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION!

Defend Affirmative Action!
Desegregate American Education at ALL levels!
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[Gather 9am @ US Supreme Court - across from Capitol]

*See www.bamn.com for more information*

On Monday, December 4, 2006, civil rights activists from across
the nation will march and rally at the U.S. Supreme Court when
oral arguments are heard in two lawsuits which seek to bar any
and all measures that promote racial integration and equal
opportunity in American education. The ruling in these cases,
Meredith v. Jefferson County Public Schools and Parents Involved
in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, will determine
whether or not measures to desegregate K-12 public schools, as
well as affirmative action programs for higher education, remain
legal.

This is the fight of our lifetime. Everyone who cares about
equality and freedom needs to be in DC on December 4th.  The
Court's ruling in these cases will be based on political, not
just legal considerations. This means that we must have a social
and political response to affect the outcome of these lawsuits.
The Latino/a communities and youth who gave birth to the new
civil rights movement in the struggle for immigrant rights last
spring showed that when we stand together and fight, we win.

These cases will be remembered as the turning point in our
nation's history, when it was decided whether equality and
integration would remain on the American agenda, or we would
return to a period of segregation enforced by law. Put plainly,
this Supreme Court will decide whether to stand on its most
seminal decision, Brown v. Board of Education, or return to
Plessy v. Ferguson's notorious legal fiction of 'separate but
equal'. They will also determine whether the Court's 2003 ruling
upholding affirmative action programs is upheld.

BAMN, The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration
and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means
Necessary - the organization that spearheaded the 2003 March on
Washington to Defend Affirmative Action and Save Brown v. Board
of Education - is leading the organizing effort.  Student and
youth-led mobilization committees have been built in Los
Angeles, the Bay Area, Seattle, Detroit, and Louisville and are
forming throughout the country.

A broad spectrum of organizations and individuals are mobilizing
for the December 4th March on Washington. These include:

* BAMN
* United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal
   Defense Fund (UEAALDF)
* NAACP
* Reverend Jesse Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH
* American Federation of Teachers
* March 25th Coalition
* International ANSWER
* Progressive National Baptist Convention
* United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
* Chinese for Affirmative Action
* United Auto Workers Region 1A
* Jonathan Kozol, renowned educator and author
* NAACP Youth & College Division
* National Latino Law Students Association (NLLSA)
* National Black Law Students Association
* NAACP College Chapter at Kutztown University, PA
* Latino Student Union, University of Maryland
* Los Angeles Urban League
* Derrick A. Bell, Professor of Law, NYU
* Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard University
* Coalition for Justice - Harvard University Graduate
   School of Education
* Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member of Congress,
   Washington DC
* Immortal Technique, Viper Records
* Martin O'Malley, Governor-Elect, Maryland
* Bob Moses, civil rights leader, Algebra Project
* Darnell Hunt, Director of Bunche Center for African
   American Studies, UCLA
* Mitchell Chang, Professor, UCLA Graduate School of
   Education
* San Diego Association of Black Psychologists
* AFSCME City of Detroit Presidents
* AFSCME Local 207, City of Detroit
* AFSCME Local 2920, City of Detroit
* AFSCME Local 2626, Librarians' Guild, Los Angeles
* Oakland Education Association (OEA)
* San Lorenzo Education Association (SLEA)
* Oakland Unified School District
* Berkeley Unified School District
* Maryland Freedom Board of Education
* Equal Justice Society
* Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and
   Justice
* The Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political
   Repression
* New York State Affirmative Action Advisory Council
* Seattle Alliance of Black School Educators (SABSE)
* ILACHE - Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education
* Reunion Regional de los Comites pro APPO
* Associated Students of the University of California
   (UC Berkeley)
* Bowie State Student Government Association, Maryland
* Fayetteville State University Student Government,
   North Carolina
* The Black Ivy Alumni League
* Howard University Student Association
* Society for the Advancement of Management,
   Howard University
* Pacific Islanders at Cal (UC Berkeley)
* Twin Cities Alliance of Latino/a Law Students
* Black Student Union of Columbia College Chicago
* Black Student Union, Franklin High School, Seattle
* Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR),
   UC Berkeley
* Target HOPE, Howard University Chapter
* Advance Youth Leadership Power, Chicago
* Afro-American Cultural Center, Yale University
* Black Student Alliance, Yale University (BSAY)
* Hermanas Unidas, King/Drew Medical Magnet High
   School, Los Angeles
* African-American Theme House, UC-Berkeley
* Anti-Defamation League, Bravo HS chapter,
   Los Angeles
* Otoku Club, Bravo HS, Los Angeles
* Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated
  Pi Xi Chapter, UMass-Amherst
* Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc
* Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Iota
   Zeta Chapter, UMD College Park
* Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Inc, Delta Upsilon Omega
   chapter
* Beta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
   Inc., South Carolina State University
* Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Nu Alpha Chapter,
   George Washington University
* Phi Alpha Kappa Honor Society
* Reverend Doctor Samuel Berry McKinney, Mt. Zion
   Baptist Church, Seattle
* Reverend J. Alfred Smith, Allen Temple Baptist
   Church, Oakland
* Reverend Dr. John J. Hunter, First AME Church,
   Los Angeles
* Reverend Frank W. Jackson IV, St. Andrew-
   Redeemer Lutheran Church
* Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Fort Washington, Maryland
* Plymouth Congregational UCC Board of Social Action,
   Washington, DC



MAKE A Donation: Tax-deductible donations to sponsor a student to attend the
March on Washington should be made out to United for Equality and
Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund (UEAALDF) and mailed to P.O. Box
24462,
Detroit, MI 48224 or donate online at ueaa.net

With only weeks until December 4th, we must begin IMMEDIATELY to
organize contingents.

Here are the steps to organize a contingent:

* Forward this email to your friends, colleagues and acquaintances
   (in church, school, unions, professional organizations, etc.)
   Write about the march in your organization's newsletter.

* Write to letters at bamn.com to add your organization to the list of
   endorsers.

* Appoint a contact person that can be listed on the BAMN website as the
   organizer in your area.

* Contact other groups in your area.

* Begin fundraising for Charter buses or plane tickets.

* Hold a press conference announcing your community's mobilization for
   Washington.

For more information and/or assistance with these tasks, call 313-468-3398
or write letters at bamn.com


* Appoint a contact person that can be listed on the BAMN website as the
   organizer in your area.

* Contact other groups in your area.

* Begin fundraising for Charter buses or plane tickets.

* Hold a press conference announcing your community's mobilization for
   Washington.

For more information and/or assistance with these tasks, call 313-468-3398
or write letters at bamn.com

An organizer's tool kit is available on the BAMN website at
http://www.bamn.com/brownmarch2006
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