The thirty third annual Malcolm X Black Energy “Shut Em Down!” Rally and March will happen on Friday, Might 19, 2023. This yearly motion commemorates and reveals respect for the legacy of Malcolm X—El Hajj Malik El Shabazz—on the anniversary of his beginning.
All companies alongside the one hundred and twenty fifth Avenue major hall in Harlem will shut down between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Demonstrators will assemble on the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Workplace Constructing at 12 p.m. in Harlem.
Malcolm taught us that Black individuals have a elementary human proper to self-determination. His classes ring more true than ever in a Harlem whose inhabitants make-up he wouldn’t acknowledge. As with many Black communities across the nation, Harlem is being ethnically cleansed.
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“It is vital that we collect on Might 19 to indicate by our deeds that we’ve got realized from and are guided by Malcolm’s teachings,” stated December twelfth Motion member Kamau Brown. “That is an particularly vital lesson for our youth, who’re all the time amazed and impressed by the closing of the shops’ gates, and seeing that we are able to train some management over our neighborhood. The identical self-discipline and unity that makes the shutdown work is similar self-discipline and unity needed for our neighborhood to battle for and acquire reparations on one hand—and ‘Cease the Killing,’ in our streets on the opposite.
“Our peoples’ unrelenting resistance has stored us alive and combating again by means of the years. We are going to by no means surrender. We’ve realized from our ancestors that our warfare is towards poverty, financial terrorism, and police brutality. Our battle is for high quality healthcare [and] housing, and towards cultural genocide. A wrestle for human rights and towards capitalist greed. We’re revitalized by means of motion and objective once we examine our historical past, and fearlessly step ahead and battle for our human rights,” Brown concluded.For extra data, contact the Malcolm X New Millennium Committee and the December twelfth Motion at 718-398-1766 or www.D12M.com.
