september 12, 2014 12-3pm gender & women’s studies conf. room 1205 w. nevada, urbana gws.illinois.edu !We want to come together to affirm Black life. We will name the things that are killing us. We will share ideas and information about how we keep each other well in the midst of so much state-sanctioned violence. We will talk about violence and its impact, our complicity as well as our resistance. We will speculate on freedom, justice, and living with our lives (to quote Audre Lorde). We will organize and build coalitions.    Come speak your mind about the ways students of color, Black students, and queer and trans* students are disrespected and policed on campus. Come learn about cases like that of CeCe McDonald and the New Jersey 4, and the criminalization of our self-defense. !We can change what we don’t like. !

black lives matter state violence & intersectional justice