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Injustice thrives when it goes unwitnessed. From the image of Emmett Tillâs open casket to the cell phone video of Oscar Grantâs murder on a BART platform, testimony has exposed injustice and sparked movements. The death of former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr.âwho died under suspicious circumstances in Alabama police custody, with no bodycam footage and no public accountabilityâunderscores the dangers of state violence when it occurs without witnesses. His case adds urgency to the need for transparency, documentation, and public outcry. This panel brings together impacted families, activists, legal experts, and filmmaker Foxx Rich, whose film Time II: Unfinished Business shows how storytelling demands truth and drives change. Together, theyâll explore how lived experience, legal advocacy, and visual documentation challenge oppression and build power.
Injustice thrives in silence. This urgent #NetrootsNation2025 panel centers truth-telling, resistance & remembranceâwith voices who live this fight.
đš Panelist: Foxx “To be free is to free others.”Â
This powerful belief has guided me since my release from prison in 2002. In my quest to liberate others, I have found that storytellingâespecially through filmâis one of the most impactful ways to create change. It is with deep humility and gratitude that I share my latest film, TIME II: Unfinished Business, a sequel to the Oscar-nominated documentary, TIME, now available on Amazon Prime.Â
đš Panelist: Deborah Watts is an author, globally recognized justice advocate, and outspoken cousin of Emmett Louis Till and his mother, the undeniable “mother of the movement”, and the nation’s shero, Mamie Till Mobley. (Deborah’s great-grandfather and Emmett’s great-grandfather were brothers). She is also co-founder and executive director of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation: Founded in 2005, the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation (ETLF) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the memory and legacy of Emmett Louis Till and his mother, Mamie Till Mobleyâs hope for truth, justice, and accountability.Â
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đš Panelist: Cephus âUncle Bobby” X â is a trailblazing social justice activist and respected leader in the movement to end police violence in America. After his nephew, Oscar Grant, was tragically murdered by a police officer in 2009, Uncle Bobby X transformed profound loss into a national call for justiceâfounding four pivotal grassroots organizations: the
Oscar Grant Foundation, Love Not Blood Campaign, California Families United 4 Justice, and the National Families United 4 Justice Network are a growing alliance uplifting families impacted by state violence nationwide.
đš Panelist Glenn Foster â Father, advocate, and a force of resilience after personal loss. He speaks from the heart of lived experience, illuminating the struggle and the strength required to survive injustice and speak truth.
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Eugene Collins, is a longtime activist and public health advocate. He brings sharp insight into how systemic injustice shows up in our healthcare and carceral systemsâand what repair can look like. Eugene Collins is the Past President of the Baton Rouge NAACP, a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and Executive Director of the Baton Rouge AIDS Society. With over 20 years of experience in public health and social justice, heâs dedicated his life to fighting for healthier, more equitable communities.
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#SayTheirNames #GlennFoster #Oscar Grant #Emmett Till #StateViolence #StorytellingAsStrategy #RestorativeJustice
The Love Not Blood Campaign, (LNBC) is a 501(c)(3) grassroots social justice organization founded in 2014.LNBC guiding principle is simple…….
The world where no one has the right to take the life of another and be protected/ insulated from the consequences of doing so by a system of structural racism, obfuscation, and propaganda….
Healing Through Resistance, Accountability Justice, Family Leadership, and Economic Justice: We support the development of a powerful political accountability movements…..
Oscar Grant, Marlon Brown, Nathaniel Pickett, Andrew Joseph III, Michael Brown, Cory Jones, William Chatman
Washington, D.C. (June 18, 2020)â On Friday, June 19, 2020, the Committee on Oversight and Reform held a virtual briefing to examine how systemic racism and discrimination deeply rooted in Americaâs history have led to abusive policing practices and the long overdue need for reform at the federal level.
On May 25, 2020, an unarmed Black man named George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis Police Department officer who used excessive force for nearly nine minutes. Mr. Floydâs murder immediately garnered national and international attention as protests erupted to demand accountability and systemic reform.
Activists have protested for decades on behalf of transparency and accountability in response to the murder of Black people by the police.Â
On June 8, 2020, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-CA), Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), and House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. This bill was a bold, comprehensive approach to transforming the culture of policing to address systemic racism and help save lives as it holds police accountable and increases transparency. It will ban chokeholds, stop no-knock drug warrants, end qualified immunity, and establish a nationwide police misconduct database. Â
The bill was cosponsored by 230 members in the House and 36 senators. The House Judiciary Committee passed the bill out of committee, and the full House vote failed to pass.
WHAT: Â | Full Committee Briefing on âVoices from the Front:Â An Overdue Reckoning with Structural Racism in Policingâ |
WHEN: | 12:00 PM ET on Friday, June 19, 2020 |
WHO:    | Policy Strategist ACLU of Kentucky  Cephus âUncle Bobby Xâ Johnson Uncle of Oscar Grant, who was senselessly murdered in 2009 by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer in Oakland, California Co-Founder of Families United for Justice Co-Founder of Love Not Blood Campaign  Professor Co-Founder and Executive Director African American Policy Forum Founder We the People of Oklahoma Director LIVE FREE Campaign, Faith in Action |
WATCH: | A Livestream will be available on YouTube and the Committee on Oversight and Reform website. |
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