FAM ISSUES CALL FOR STATEWIDE PEACE AND UNITY INITIATIVE IN PRISON SYSTEM BESET WITH RISING VIOLENCE, STABBINGS AND DEATHS

THE VIOLENCE IN THE ALABAMA PRISON SYSTEM HAS TO STOP. WE GOTTA GET BACK TO LOVING OURSELVES, LOVING EACH OTHER, AND FIGHTING IN UNITY FOR OUR FREEDOM. WHEN WE WERE UNITED FROM 2013-2017, WE SUCCESSFULLY FORCED THE STATE TO RELEASE OVER 2000 PEOPLE. WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT WE HAD A MOVEMENT THAT WAS CAPABLE OF ENDING THEIR INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY, THEY SLAMMED US WITH DRUGS. THEIR DRUGS DECIMATED OUR FRAGILE STRUCTURE AND WIPED OUT OUR UNITY. THEY TURNED US AGAINST EACH OTHER AND ALLOWED US TO KILL EACH OTHER BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT OTHERWISE WE COULD NOT BE STOPPED FROM DESTROYING THEIR SYSTEM. WE GOTTA ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AND BOUNCE BACK. RECENTLY, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BUILDING PEACE AND UNITY THROUGH A TRUCE. WE GOTTA STOP KILLING AND STABBING EACH OTHER AND START BACK FIGHTING THE SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION THAT ALLOWS US TO KILL EACH OTHER FOR THEIR BENEFIT. LET’S BUILD PEACE AND UNITY.

AS FOR OUR OUTSIDE SUPPORTERS, WHILE WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR, RIGHT NOW WE NEED FOR Y’ALL TO HELP US DELIVER A MESSAGE OF PEACE AND UNITY. CONDUCT VIGILS AND SHARE OUR DEMAND FOR PEACE AND UNITY. POST IT ON YOUR PAGE. SHARE IT IN YOUR STORY. TELL THE MEN AND WOMEN IN ADOC THAT YOU SUPPORT THE CALL FOR PEACE AND UNITY. AMPLIFY THIS MESSAGE AND ADD YOUR OWN. WE NEED HELP RIGHT NOW WITH THIS. WE CAN’T DEFEAT OUR ENEMY IF WE ARE KILLING OFF EACH OTHER ❗❗❗

PEACE AND UNITY IN ALL ALABAMA PRISONS.

STOP THE VIOLENCE