As previously reported, a historic conference at Temple University intended to guide and radicalize activists in #BlackLivesMatter was held from January 8-10, 2016 in Philadelphia. We are going to post videos from the panels that have just become available online. Tune in next week for further coverage of this historic conference.
Titled Neoliberalism, Spatial Domination and Gentrification: the Struggle to Resist the New Urban Strategy, this panel features Rickie Sanders, Professor of Geography/Urban Studies and former Director of Women’s Studies at Temple University, James Dupree, artist and educator based in Philadelphia, Megan Malachi, educator, scholar, feminist, and activist based in Philadelphia, and Nellie Bailey of Black Agenda Report and Director of the Harlem Tenants Council, and was moderated by Patrice K. Armstead, a native of West Philadelphia, mother, community organizer and MSW candidate in the School of Social Work at Temple University.
He’s not a cop and he’s not dancing, so we don’t have to call Tony Lepore the Dancing Cop any more. Let’s just call him Lepore, a guy with a knack for making news for doing nothing.
At the Democratic National Debate on Tuesday a question was asked, “Do black lives matter, or do all lives matter?”
What about the people I represent? At every turn I make in life, people remind me that I represent the “dregs of society,” and I am wasting my time. But I have always seen my clients as people, maybe a little broken, but still people because I believe that #AllLivesMatter.
Fifteen plastic sandwich bags containing racist and anti-semitic literature and weighed down with white rice were left on the doorsteps and sidewalks of East Side homes in Providence over night and discovered early Thursday morning by residents. Fire and police responded by cutting off access to Methyl St and part of Lorimer Ave. They were treating the material as a Level 1 hazard pending test results.
Activists and supporters gathered outside the Dunkin Donuts on Atwells Avenue where an employee wrote #BlackLivesMatter on a police officer’s coffee cup. They marched in support of the employee, a 17 year old woman of color, and against the over reaction of the Providence police union. Police officers looked on as the peaceful rally progressed.
The rally was organized by the 
“In the face of this crisis, communities have been coming together to address a national and local state of emergency. Police brutality and state violence have lasting effects that ripple through communities and generations, effects borne in large part by Black communities and other communities of color. #BlackLivesMatter is a direct and courageous movement in response to incredibly high rates of Black people being killed by police. For some, it is easier to ignore these wide disparities; for others, it is an inescapable, daily reality.
Tess Brown-Lavoie
Perhaps the most interesting part of Navarro’s testimony was his description of the events that transpired on the night of the protest. Navarro arrived at the state police barracks on Route 146 in Lincoln just before the call came in about a disturbance on Route 95 near the Washington St. bridge. Four troopers in four cars responded from the barracks, and hit heavy traffic, caused by the protesters blocking the highway, where 146 meets 95.
It was while ordering the crowd up the embankment and over the fence back onto the service road that runs parallel to the highway and alongside the Providence Public Safety Complex that Navarro noted an altercation and noted that his fellow officers were in the process of arresting two black men. Navarro focused on his portion of the crowd, commanding the protesters up the embankment and back over the fence.
A spokesperson for Christine Jabour informed me that the judge has no comment and was unaware of the Senate bill.
