[Fdu] JVP statement: Getting Organized in the Wake of Charlottesville
Cynthia Wright
cynthia.wright at utoronto.ca
Tue Aug 15 16:58:25 EDT 2017
Getting Organized in the Wake of Charlottesville
14 August 2017 Press Release
<https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/stories/press-release/>
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Jewish Voice for Peace stands unequivocally and emphatically against the
white supremacy, antisemitism and fascism on display in Charlottesville
this weekend. We join the voices of mourning for Heather Heyer, who was
murdered by one of the white supremacist marchers, and for the full
recovery of all those injured and traumatized by Saturday’s events.
The events in Charlottesville this weekend showed us the violence of
white supremacy at its most visceral and blatant. We must work to ensure
that our sadness and outrage at what happened in Charlottesville this
weekend fuels us to continue the work to fight the less visible of its
violent manifestations that harm communities of color everyday.
White supremacy has been ever-present in the history of the United
States. The overt pronouncements of antisemitism, nazism, and anti-Black
racism at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville were an appalling
display of the dangerous ideologies emboldened by the Trump presidency.
The response of the local and federal government–from the police who
allowed armed and avowed white supremacists to march unimpeded, to the
President of the United States, who equated those fighting white
supremacy with those promoting it–remind us that we must always rely on
our people and our movements to ensure safety for all people. We must
confront and challenge state-sponsored and state-tolerated violence at
every turn. We must get organized.
We honor and are grateful for all those who stood up so bravely against
the attempt to terrorize Black people, Jews, and communities of color in
Charlottesville. As a multiracial Jewish organization, we are more
committed today than ever to help build the numbers of people standing
up and fighting back. We will keep fighting antisemitism, white
supremacy and Islamophobia. We will show up for each other wherever we
need to be.
*To those in our community who are feeling fear we say to you:* you are
not alone. We are with you, we are here for you. We have each other and
need each other.
*To those in our community who are feeling despair, we say to you:* We
are so much bigger, so much stronger, so much more ready and able to
build the just world we need.
*To those in our community who feel rage, we say to you:* let this lead
you into the streets, into your power, into communities that will swell
with love, commitment, resiliency, and a vision of a world redeemed.
*To those of you who are ready to fight we say:* let’s get organized!
#wearethemajority
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*To join a solidarity demonstration or vigil, search here
<http://act.indivisibleguide.com/event/stand-in-solidarity-with-charlottesville/search/>.
To create your own, go here
<http://act.indivisibleguide.com/event/stand-in-solidarity-with-charlottesville/create/?source=jvp>.
You can show up in your community with the “We Will Defend Each Other”
T-shirt. <https://teespring.com/wearethemajority> *
*<https://teespring.com/wearethemajority>
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*To donate to organizing, legal and medical funds see:*
Black Lives Matter- Charlottesville <https://www.paypal.me/blmcville>
Medical fund <https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-comrades-in-cville>
Legal fund
<https://fundly.com/solidarity-c-ville-7-8-anti-racist-legal-fund>
Support Heather Heyer’s family
<https://www.gofundme.com/our-sisters-keeper-heatherheyer>
*To learn more, see our book:*
On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice
<http://onantisemitism.com/>
*Download and share this free poster
<https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/We-All-Belong-Here-11x17.pdf>:*
<https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/We-All-Belong-Here-11x17.pdf>
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