Movement for Black Lives plans virtual national convention
Source: AP
By AARON MORRISON
NEW YORK (AP) Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new political agenda that seeks to build on the success of the protests that followed George Floyds death.
The 2020 Black National Convention will take place Aug. 28 via a live broadcast. It will feature conversations, performances and other events designed to develop a set of demands ahead of the November general election, according to a Wednesday announcement shared first with The Associated Press.
The convention is being organized by the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 150 organizations. In 2016, the coalition released its Vision for Black Lives platform, which called for public divestment from mass incarceration and for adoption of policies that can improve conditions in Black America.
What this convention will do is create a Black liberation agenda that is not a duplication of the Vision for Black Lives, but really is rooted as a set of demands for progress, said Jessica Byrd, who leads the Electoral Justice Project.
FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyds death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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AllaN01Bear
(18,885 posts)tirebiter
(2,539 posts)Just the beginning of questions on logistics that need to be dealt with
Reece2076
(51 posts)SpazzTheCat
(69 posts)That would be a death knell to the Democratic party as their new party would siphon away a significant part of the Democratic voting bloc.
Hopefully, they would work to put POC on Democratic tickets and not go the 3rd party route.
oasis
(49,499 posts)conversations with BLM leadership to persuade them that our party is the way of progress.