DC's Summer Surge: Policing, Repression, and Building Community Resistance
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This summer, federal and local officials have announced a new "Summer Surge" initiative that will increase law enforcement operations across Washington, DC. While presented as a response to public safety concerns, the initiative exposes a fundamental contradiction: communities facing disinvestment, unemployment, displacement, and unmet social needs are being met with increased policing rather than increased resources and democratic control over the conditions that shape their lives. This Assata Shakur Popular Education (ASPE) session will examine the political context and implications of the newly announced Summer Surge. Together, we will discuss what genuine public safety looks like and how communities can build collective resistance and self-determination.
Food will be provided!
The ASPE are hybrid sessions with the option to participate via Zoom. To join via Zoom use this link https://tinyurl.com/africansstudy