Anti Racism Organizing Collective of St. Louis, MO - AROC STL
AROC is an anti-racist and anti-capitalist collective of white folks in St. Louis. Louis area. Louis for police accountability.
Our purpose is to provide a joint analysis with organizers of color and our Accountability Team which can result in a set of shared beliefs in guiding our anti-racist organizing work. We are white anti-racist activists who come together to further anti-racist organizing among progressive white activists in the St. We were originally born out of a project of the Justice Institute to work specifical
SUNDAY!
🎅 Christmas Eve Rally for Palestine - this Sunday 🎅
👥 Everyone needs to be there
🗓️ Sunday, December 24th
⏰ 2PM
📍 Old Courthouse
11 N. Fourth St. St. Louis, MO 63102
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🎄This year, there will be no Christmas in the city that is synonymous with the birth of Jesus, located in Israeli-occupied Palestine. Last month, Palestinian leaders of Christian denominations in Bethlehem came together, and citing the devastating war in Gaza made a unanimous decision to cancel public celebrations.
“[Christmas] is the story of a baby who was born in the most difficult circumstances and the Roman Empire under occupation, who survived the massacre of children himself when he was born. So the connection was natural to us.” -Reverend Munther Isaac, Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Bethlehem, Palestine
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St. Louis Ceasefire Carolers sang for their 4th ward Alderperson who is on the legislative committee. They are taking up a resolution calling on President Biden to work toward a ceasefire (introduced by Alderperson Aldridge).
St. Louis Ceasefire Carolers are out and about this holiday season. We love the rich St. Louis tradition of protest caroling!
This is a really important action to take, and there's sample language to use!
Tell Congress: Ceasefire NOW. As the Israeli government cuts 2.3 million Palestinians living under siege off from food, water, fuel, and electricity, it also continues dropping bombs across one of the most densely populated areas on the planet. The scale of humanitarian catastrophe facing Palestinians in Gaza has never been grea...
SHUT BLACK FRIDAY DOWN!
Join us, march with us and make some noise. We need to put more economic pressure on companies and the government.
Notice! Two different spots, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Make both of you can, but definitely at least one.
Bring your signs, flags and kuffiyahs.
No business as usual ✊🏼
For those dinner conversations happening today: A Guide to Difficult Conversations about Israel and Palestine!
Sign on in the link provided by ProJo STL!
This resource continues to stay relevant! When we show up at protests in solidarity, what should that look like? Check this out: "On Showing Up, Staying in our Lane, and Doing the Work that is Ours..."
See you there!
St. Louis! The primary election is only 7 days away and Cori Bush's people-powered movement is being challenged by corporate-backed opponents, so we need to come out and support Cori!
AROC STL invited you to join us TOMORROW for a Virtual Grassroots Fundraiser to support Cori! To buy your ticket, or to make a donation to Cori's re-election campaign, go to https://bit.ly/Cori-July27th
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BW7HoNfbMydhtBR4vIU2LgXv4h_jUwNP/view?usp=sharing
Please join AROC, DSA St. Louis and Progressive Jews of St. Louis at this virtual fundraiser.
The DRT Toolkit is LIVE!
The toolkit tells you about our campaign demands, explains the FY23 Budget, details how our tax dollars uphold the arrest and incarcerate model of policing and gives alternatives we could invest in instead of SLMPD.
Read and download it at bit.ly/FY23Toolkit