CIVIL RIGHTS WHAT DO THE FACES LOOK LIKE NOW?

Can We Talk for REAL

It has become the norm that when you turn on the news before the month is over another young black person has been killed at the hands of a police officer somewhere in the country. Recently Chicago has been in the news and something different happened. Out of this a new civil rights movement has emerged and it is organized and its membership is all young people between the ages of 18-35. They have strategically gathered together and collaborated across the country showing support in states where violence has emerged against a community for years. They have been there right under our very noses. The news coming out of major cities have awaken Black Youth Project 100 (BYP 100) an activist member-based organization of Black 18-35 year olds, dedicated to creating justice and freedom for all Black people. We do this through building a collective focused on transformative leadership development, non-violent direct action organizing, advocacy and education. BYP per their has trained young black activists in direct action grassroots organizing skills, so they can build the power we need to transform our communities. They have mobilized young Black leaders on issues including ending criminalization and dismantling the prison industrial complex, expanding and securing LGBT and women’s rights. They have and are running campaigns using on the ground and digital tactics towards the goal of ending the criminalization of Black youth, racial profiling and police brutality. Joining us will again be Matt Boykin of the Chicago Branch of BYO100. He is a member of Black Youth Project 100 here in Chicago. Originally from the Suburbs of Atlanta, Maxx has organized for a wide arrange of issue based, political and union organizing over the last few years in Georgia, Virginia and in the last two years in Illinois around the Affordable Care Act, Fight for 15, Movement for Black Lives and fighting for those living with and communities most effected by HIV.