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International Women’s Event Being Hosted March 6th in San Jose

Two Year Wait – A Woman’s Pursuit of Justice”

A Fundraising Event for Marilou Custodio

March 6, 2009, 7pm – 8:30pm
SV-Debug – 701 Lenzen Ave, San Jose

Featuring spoken word artists, dj’s, cultural performers, and more…$10 at
the Door.

MAKE A STAND against racial profiling and police brutality!!!
STAND in SOLIDARITY with young people and women of color who have been
victimized by local and state law enforcement!!!
STOP Violence against Women and Preserve Human Rights for All!!!

On February 5th, 2007, a Filipino Youth Coalition student, Marlo Custodio, his brother, Romel Custodio, and his mother, Marilou Custodio, became victims of police brutality and racial profiling.

• Marlo was choked and dragged out of his vehicle and later tasered after he was already compliant.

• After arriving to the scene, Romel was beaten and tasered multiple times and Marilou’s head was slammed three times against a police vehicle..

• Marilou was later frisked and searched by two male officers without the presence of a female officer.

Today, Filipino Community Support, Silicon Valley (FOCUS, SV) continues this struggle for justice, along with our community allies: Silicon Valley Debug, Coalition for Justice and Accountabilty (CJA), Filipino Youth Coalition (FYC), MAIZ, Isang PUSO, APASL, De Anza Student Alliance, SJSU Akbayan,MAIZ, SFSU League of Filipino Students, and ALAY.

Join us on March 6, 2006 and show support for the Marilou Custodio and her family.

Bakari Kitwana op-ed about the New York Post Cartoon

Yesterday, as I prepared for the kick-off to the national discussion tour focused on the theme “Is America Really Post-Racial?” which will convene in ten US cities this spring, I received emails from around the country commenting on The New York Post cartoon that depicts a chimpanzee being shot by two white police officers. The cartoon prominently displays one of the officers saying, “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”

The commentary comes on the heels of the historic election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first Black president. During the campaign, Obama had been likened to the famed children’s book protagonist and monkey, “Curious George,” and numerous Americans openly expressing their discontent with the very idea of the US president for the first time not being a white male.

Likewise, the recurring backdrop to the historic campaign with an African American as frontrunner was the need for secret service protection for Obama due to the overwhelming number of death threats and the subsequent concern that some nut case might attempt to bring him harm — an idea reiterated by at least one attempted plan in Colorado to make good on the threats during the Democratic National Convention.

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DLabrie and San Quinn Live in Seattle March 9th

Come Support!!