"We can make a difference in our community, our state and our nation. We just need to plan and work together and then get all our citizens to the polls to finalize the plans and hard work."

Basil Badley, former President CID

Find resources on these pages to learn what we can do as individuals and together to create a more just and equitable world.

Solidarity Over Supremacy 9-2022 

Well, we have good news and we have bad news. 
Let’s start with the bad and get it out there: far-right extremists based on the island are ramping up their hateful attacks on trans people in Port Townsend, and are organizing militia, Proud Boys, and other extremists to spew their threatening rhetoric on communities who don’t want them there. To be clear, despite Washington 3% leaders calling themselves “civil rights activist organizers”, their recruitment videos paint a different story. 
Their goal is to intimidate everyone in our community, especially LGBTQIA+ folks—and people of color—into silence, into giving up our freedoms to vote, to speak, to love, and to gather. The further risk is that progressive, white moderates will also be silenced. 
But it’s not going to work. 
In response we must be aware, educated, and connected to respond by standing together for our core values of safety, equity, and inclusive democracy. 
Now here’s the good news: we put together this video to help our community understand and recognize extremism as we move into the election season and beyond. 
Please take eight minutes to watch and share this homegrown explainer video, based on an important visual, The Pyramid of Radicalization. We apply the pyramid to local militia leaders and far-right political candidates here in Island County who are amplifying misinformation and hateful rhetoric. 
We are planning an event in October, so please stay tuned!
With warm solidarity,
SOS Whidbey Steering Committee~
 
Solidarity Over Supremacy Whidbey was formed in November 2020 by a group of Whidbey Island volunteers, leaders, farmers, parents, activists, friends, workers, and retirees to build an understanding of, and opposition to, anti-democracy extremism and white supremacy on the island.

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Black Lives Matter organizing resources through DNC website

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Highly recommend the Netflix documentary"13th" . Ava DuVernay walks you through how slavery has continued to exist through the U.S. prison system. 13th features various professors, politicians and activists, including Michele Alexander and Angela Davis talking about the issue of race in the criminal justice system. 

The 13th Amendment states: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” 

**This page is a work in progress. Email camanoislanddemocrats@gmail.com to add your resources, articles and events. 

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                                     ANGUISH AND ACTION  https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/

                                                 We work to help leaders change their world—and the world needs changing. The killings of                                                     George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the loss of far too many Black lives to

                                                 list have left our nation anguished and outraged. While now is a time for grief and anger, it                                                       is also a time for resolve. 

                                                 Quoted from obama.org     

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• Black Lives Matter "#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives."

• New York Times, Three Opinion Pieces by Jamelle Bouie with reading lists. Why Juneteenth Matters  and A Short Reading List on Racism  and  To Overturn Trump, We Need to Overturn White Supremacy

• More restrictive use of forces policies can reduce killings by police and save lives.   Check out your cities policies at 8 can't wait.     A project of Campaign Zero

• The Appeal, Qualified Immunity: Explained  The article uses the Seattle, 2004, Malaika Brooks case of being dragged and tasered for not signing a speeding ticket.  

• What is Qualified Immunity and What does it have to do with Police reform  Lawfare

• Support the youth vote; video on Vimeo by roo forrest: Feel Good Voting

• Excellent article from The Southern Poverty Law Center:  Authoritarian State or Inclusive Democracy?   21 Things We Can Do Right Now

• The Khan Academy is a great resource: Learn about Black history, politics, and culture with Khan Academy

• Article from The Cut, How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality

• Article from Medium.com.. 75 things white people can do. - submitted by Corrine Shutack

• Thanks to Ben and Jerry "12 Ways You Can Help Eradicate White Supremacy"

• Being a white ally of African Americans means more than just protesting - SFChronicle.com

• Teaching Tolerance a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center  "Their mission is to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy." Site has amazing resources.

• Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? is available for free as an ebook from Haymarket Books. In a collection of reports and essays, it calls for a re-imagining of who we rely on to keep communities safe.

• Consider supporting organizations that support black, trans people if you can, including: The Okra Project, The Marsha P. Johnson Institute, and/or the Black Trans Travel Fund.

• support the following organizations fighting for justice in Minneapolis:

• Black Visions Collective: Supporting Black activists on the ground

• Minnesota Freedom Fund: Bail fund for activists

• Reclaim the Block: Community fund

• Northstar Health Collective: Medical donations

• Unicorn Riot: On-the-ground independent & radical media coverage

• George Floyd Family/Memorial Fund  

• If you only have a few bucks to spare and can’t decide where to send them, ActBlue has created a page splitting donations between several deserving organizations that you can find by clicking here.  

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