Tag: Policy

5 Women Quarantined and Left w/o Food, Water, Medicine and Staff Support in Mississippi Prison

CJ Lawrence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Five women have been reported as quarantined in Quick Bed at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF). The women have been left without food, water, medicine such as insulin and medical staff support. The guards on duty have placed garbage bags over the windows and cameras preventing the women from reaching out for help. The women are relying on the guards’ good mercy and capacity to come and check on them. This information was received from a loved one of a woman that was placed in quarantine.…

Dear Corporate America – Less Words – More Action When it Comes to Black Lives Mattering

CJ Lawrence

We don’t need Platitudes as it relates to the eradication of state sanctioned violence against Black people and the subsequent justification thereafter- We need policies. If you are a company that today has become vocal about black lives mattering-let it be reflected, not in your words, but in your work. Let us see it not via all staff emails but through your willingness to become vocal on the tough issues. Take a firm stance on Black lives mattering when it comes to mass incarceration. Take a stance to Black lives…

Breonna Taylor Deserves More Than “Breonna’s Law”

lmclemore23

The death of Breonna Taylor sticks out to me. Here is this black woman, doing everything right. Doing everything America demands black people to do in order to live an OK life, and she was killed by America and her supremacy, anyway. That bothers me. That shit makes me mad. It makes me mad that black women, even in martyrdom, have been put on the back burner. When Breonna Taylor was killed in Louisville, Kentucky, three months ago, it was tragic, but it didn’t spark the flames of rage. Maybe…

White People, White Peopling…Again

lmclemore23

I love white people, white peopling. In fact, we expect white people to always white people. It’s one of the few joys we have as black people. White people, white peopling is usually harmless and allows us to make fun of white people, white peopling. But ever since white people decided that white supremacy is bad about eeeh, a month ago, white people are making it a mission to out white people other white people, white peopling. Essentially, they have upgraded their white peopling. White people out here washing feet,…