Weekly Digest: Sept 26
Hello everybody, before we get into the updates, events, mutual aid, and opportunities to get involved in the local community, I would first like to say something about the state-sanctioned lynching of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams.
Khaliifah should still be alive. We should hesitate to frame this fact in the context of ciminality and innocence because regardless of that, the death penalty is inhumane, cruel, and Khaliifah should still be alive. It did not matter to the state that he maintained his innocence, it did not matter how many calls, faxes, letters, videos, or posts were made, the state decided that Khaliifah Williams deserved to die. This is the system working exactly as intended, and this damned system must be dismantled for a better world. A better world is possible without prisons, capitalism, federalism, electoralism, all of the ‘isms’ and ‘ists’. We cannot go on like this.
So I’ll reiterate, Khaliifah Williams deserved to live. He was a poet, imam, brother, father, son, and none of those things are justifications or prerequisites for deserving life. Khaliifah Williams deserved to live because we all are deserving of living.
We must abolish the systems that created the conditions for Khaliifah Williams to be lynched by the state of Missouri and the Genocidal United States.
Abolish Prisons. Abolish the Death Penalty. Abolish the ‘nation’ known as the United States.
Rest in Power Khaliifah Williams.
CJAA Updates
Our second GBM of the year will be occurring on October 8th at 6:30 PM! Be on the lookout for more information on our Instagram @cjaacolective
We have also solidified a time and location for weekly food distrobution on Franklin Street! Saturdays at 6:30 PM at the bus stop near Carolina Coffee shop. Stay tuned for more information on how to get involved!
Local Happenings
The 20th anniversary celebration for the Carrboro Really Really Free Market is on October 5th!
Mutual Aid Requests
Please Support this mutual aid request to help a Black trans community member!
Donate to the relocation fund for two students from Gaza thta were recently evacuated to Greensboro!
