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June 09, 2020

All parents were summoned when George Floyd cried out for his Momma

June 09, 2020/ Matt Halvorson
All parents were summoned when George Floyd cried out for his Momma

If you are a parent, George Floyd named you by name. We are on a path toward abolition. Consider that it took a Civil War to end chattel slavery, and that the Montgomery Bus Boycott alone lasted 382 days.

How committed are you to this? What will you do? And what will you keep doing?

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George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, #BlackLivesMatter, Seattle, parents, status quo, systemic change, abolition, #AbolishICE, #DefundSPD, police violence, police state, King County Equity Now, Nikkita Oliver, K. Wyking Garrett, The System, systemic racism, systemic oppression, racism, police, conditioning, Seattle Police Department, radical solidarity, Seattle Public Schools, Denise Juneau, Seattle School Board, revolution
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