Friday, June 20
6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT
Indianapolis Liberation Center
Start Juneteenth weekend off at the Indianapolis Liberation Center with an event that celebrates and commemorates the final death blow to the slave system and continues the fight for Black/New Afrikan liberation in the U.S.
We’re honored to hear from Shaka A. Shakur, a New Afrikan Political Prisoner, revolutionary theorist and organizer, and member of the Liberation Center Board. Although wrongfully convicted and over-sentenced for a bogus charge in Indiana, since December 2018 Shaka has been in domestic exile in Virginia. The abrupt removal of Shaka out of state was meant to hamper his organizing abilities, but the time since has demonstrated the state has not succeeded in doing so.
Organizers with the Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign, including Akili Shakur and Jok Huerta, will speak on Shaka’s legal battle and other urgent updates. After these brief remarks, we’ll hear Shaka’s analysis of the significance of Juneteenth, his initiatives convening the Students and Youth L.I.T. (Liberation, Independence, Transformation), a new United Front, and other efforts to liberate all oppressed peoples, including the Black/New Afrikan people in the “prison house of nations” called the U.S.
Learn why the prison struggle remains central to any revolutionary movement in this country and get involved in building inside-outside solidarity in Indianapolis and beyond. That Shaka remains in captivity is one of numerous reasons we must rededicate ourselves to the fight. Together, we can liberate Shaka and all political prisoners and finally win the centuries-long struggle for Black liberation.
As the official program winds down, Circle City Sangha will lead a brief mindfulness activity to help ground ourselves in our renewed commitment to the struggle.
Questions? Contact shaka@shakashakur.org. Click here to find out how you can help the Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign now.
Get involved in the struggle to free Shaka!
Featured photo: Composite of Shaka A. Shakur with a comrade and a 1900 Juneteenth Emancipation Day Celebration in Texas. Credit: Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign and Grace Murray.