=============================================================== MARCH ON WASHINGTON ON DECEMBER 4TH TO SAVE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION! Defend Affirmative Action! Desegregate American Education at ALL levels! =============================================================== [Gather 9am @ US Supreme Court - across from Capitol] *See www.bamn.com for more information* On Monday, December 4, 2006, civil rights activists from across the nation will march and rally at the U.S. Supreme Court when oral arguments are heard in two lawsuits which seek to bar any and all measures that promote racial integration and equal opportunity in American education. The ruling in these cases, Meredith v. Jefferson County Public Schools and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District, will determine whether or not measures to desegregate K-12 public schools, as well as affirmative action programs for higher education, remain legal. This is the fight of our lifetime. Everyone who cares about equality and freedom needs to be in DC on December 4th. The Court's ruling in these cases will be based on political, not just legal considerations. This means that we must have a social and political response to affect the outcome of these lawsuits. The Latino/a communities and youth who gave birth to the new civil rights movement in the struggle for immigrant rights last spring showed that when we stand together and fight, we win. These cases will be remembered as the turning point in our nation's history, when it was decided whether equality and integration would remain on the American agenda, or we would return to a period of segregation enforced by law. Put plainly, this Supreme Court will decide whether to stand on its most seminal decision, Brown v. Board of Education, or return to Plessy v. Ferguson's notorious legal fiction of 'separate but equal'. They will also determine whether the Court's 2003 ruling upholding affirmative action programs is upheld. BAMN, The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary - the organization that spearheaded the 2003 March on Washington to Defend Affirmative Action and Save Brown v. Board of Education - is leading the organizing effort. Student and youth-led mobilization committees have been built in Los Angeles, the Bay Area, Seattle, Detroit, and Louisville and are forming throughout the country. A broad spectrum of organizations and individuals are mobilizing for the December 4th March on Washington. These include: * BAMN * United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund (UEAALDF) * NAACP * Reverend Jesse Jackson and Rainbow/PUSH * American Federation of Teachers * March 25th Coalition * International ANSWER * Progressive National Baptist Convention * United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) * Chinese for Affirmative Action * United Auto Workers Region 1A * Jonathan Kozol, renowned educator and author * American Association for Affirmative Action * Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard University * NAACP Youth & College Division * National Latino Law Students Association (NLLSA) * National Black Law Students Association * Brown Foundation for Educational Equity (Topeka, KS) * Latino Student Union, University of Maryland * Los Angeles Urban League * Derrick A. Bell, Professor of Law, NYU * Coalition for Justice - Harvard University Graduate School of Education * Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member of Congress, Washington DC * Immortal Technique, Viper Records * Martin O'Malley, Governor-Elect, Maryland * Bob Moses, civil rights leader, Algebra Project * Darnell Hunt, Director of Bunche Center for African American Studies, UCLA * Mitchell Chang, Professor, UCLA Graduate School of Education * AFSCME City of Detroit Presidents * AFSCME Local 207, City of Detroit * AFSCME Local 2920, City of Detroit * AFSCME Local 2626, Librarians’ Guild, Los Angeles * Oakland Education Association (OEA) * San Lorenzo Education Association (SLEA) * American College Personnel Association * Oakland Unified School District * Berkeley Unified School District * Maryland Freedom Board of Education * Equal Justice Society * YWCA USA * Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice * The Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression * New York State Affirmative Action Advisory Council * Seattle Alliance of Black School Educators (SABSE) * Public Education Network * San Diego Association of Black Psychologists * Redstone Area Minority Employees Association * ILACHE - Illinois Latino Council on Higher Education * Reunion Regional de los Comites pro APPO * Associated Students of the University of California (UC Berkeley) * Bowie State Student Government Association, Maryland * Fayetteville State University Student Government, North Carolina * Elizabeth City State University Student Gov’t (NC) * Morgan State University Student Gov’t (Maryland) * Lincoln University Student Gov’t Assn. (PA) * North Carolina Equal Rights Society * African-American Student League of Montgomery County Community College (PA) * Blacks in Government (Washington DC) * The Black Ivy Alumni League * Concilio Hispano, Inc. (Cambridge, MA) * Rethinking Schools (Milwaukee, WI) * Howard University Student Association * Society for the Advancement of Management, Howard University * Washington State Club, Howard University * Pacific Islanders at Cal (UC Berkeley) * Twin Cities Alliance of Latino/a Law Students * NAACP College Chapter at Kutztown University, PA * Texas Southern University chapter of NAACP * NAACP at Miami University (OH) * Black Student Union at Bowling Green State Univ. (OH) * Black Student Union of Columbia College Chicago * Black Student Union, Franklin High School, Seattle * National Assoc. of Bench and Bar Spouses (NABBS), Detroit * Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR), UC Berkeley * Target HOPE, Howard University Chapter * C.L.O.U.D. N.I.N.E. (Allendale, MI) * Act on Racism (Allendale, MI) * Advocating 4 Kids (Virginia Beach) * Advance Youth Leadership Power, Chicago * Afro-American Cultural Center, Yale University * Black Student Alliance, Yale University (BSAY) * Black Honors Caucus, University of Maryland * ALANAI Honor Society, UMass-Amherst * University of Baltimore Black Law Students Assn. * Hermanas Unidas, King/Drew Medical Magnet High School, Los Angeles * African-American Theme House, UC-Berkeley * Anti-Defamation League, Bravo HS chapter, LA * Otoku Club, Bravo HS, Los Angeles * Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc * Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Iota Zeta Chapter, UMD College Park * Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc, Delta Upsilon Omega chapter * Beta Delta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., South Carolina State University * Interested Ladies of LTA Latin Sorority, Inc. * Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Beta Chapter (UMass) * Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Omicron Lambda chapter * Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Western Michigan Univ. * Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Nu Alpha Chapter, George Washington University * Phi Alpha Kappa Honor Society, New York, NY * Reverend Doctor Samuel Berry McKinney, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle * Reverend J. Alfred Smith, Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland * Rev. Dr. John J. Hunter, First AME Church, Los Angeles * Reverend Frank W. Jackson IV, St. Andrew- Redeemer Lutheran Church, Detroit * Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Fort Washington, Maryland * Plymouth Congregational UCC Board of Social Action, Washington, DC * Ledonia Wright Cultural Center Emissaries (Greenville, NC) * Action by Congregations Together for Children, Brooklyn, NY MAKE A Donation: Tax-deductible donations to sponsor a student to attend the March on Washington should be made out to United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund (UEAALDF) and mailed to P.O. Box 24462, Detroit, MI 48224 or donate online at ueaa.net With only weeks until December 4th, we must begin IMMEDIATELY to organize contingents. Here are the steps to organize a contingent: * Forward this email to your friends, colleagues and acquaintances (in church, school, unions, professional organizations, etc.) Write about the march in your organization's newsletter. * Write to letters@bamn.com to add your organization to the list of endorsers. * Appoint a contact person that can be listed on the BAMN website as the organizer in your area. * Contact other groups in your area. * Begin fundraising for Charter buses or plane tickets. * Hold a press conference announcing your community's mobilization for Washington. For more information and/or assistance with these tasks, call 313-468-3398 or write letters@bamn.com * Appoint a contact person that can be listed on the BAMN website as the organizer in your area. * Contact other groups in your area. * Begin fundraising for Charter buses or plane tickets. * Hold a press conference announcing your community's mobilization for Washington. For more information and/or assistance with these tasks, call 313-468-3398 or write letters@bamn.com An organizer's tool kit is available on the BAMN website at http://www.bamn.com/brownmarch2006