Columbus, OH and Milwaukee, WI Community Organizations Release Joint Statement
Columbus, OH and Milwaukee, WI Community Organizations Release Joint Statement to Demand Congresswomen Joyce Beatty and Gwen Moore to Sign onto People’s Response Campaign after Columbus Police Murder Man in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
COLUMBUS, OH—People’s Justice Project of Columbus, OH, The African American Roundtable, Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges, the Community Power Coalition, and Freedom Action Now of Milwaukee, WI and Freedom Inc. of Madison, WI release joint statement to demand Congresswomen Joyce Beatty (OH - District 3) and Gwen Moore (WI - District 4) to sign onto People’s Response Act after Columbus Police Department murder Sam Sharpe Jr. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the Republican National Convention.
The joint statement between all organizations reads as follows:
The people of Milwaukee, WI are experiencing another murder at the hands of the police. Only this time, it was a department of outsiders who had come in to terrorize our community.
Sam Sharpe Jr. did not deserve to die. It is a shame that the very people who claim it is their duty to keep us safe, are the ones who constantly wreak havoc in our streets.
We the people of Columbus, OH, and Milwaukee, WI demand Congresswomen Joyce Beatty and Gwen Moore sign onto the People’s Response Act. It is imperative that our communities have access to the proper resources when in crisis.
We the people of Columbus, OH, and Milwaukee, WI demand the release of the names and bodycam footage of the Columbus Police officers who were involved in the murder of Sam Sharpe Jr.
We are calling on the people of Columbus, OH, and Milwaukee, WI to join us in these demands by calling, emailing, and showing up to ask our U.S. Congresswomen Joyce Beatty of Columbus, OH, and Gwen Moore of Milwaukee, WI why they have yet to sign onto the People’s Response Act and what is their plan to keep our communities safe.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty
Ohio, District 3 113th-118th
2079 Rayburn House Office Building
(202) 225-4324
Congresswoman Gwen Moore
Wisconsin, District 4 109th-118th
2252 Rayburn House Office Building
(202) 225-4572
The People’s Justice Project (PJP), based in Columbus, OH, builds the power of black and brown people disproportionately affected by state violence, mass criminalization, and incarceration by centering community organizing and leadership development.
The Metcalfe Park Community Bridges (MPCB) is a nonprofit organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin whose mission is to cultivate resident-led community development rooted in social justice.
Freedom, Inc. is a queer feminist non-profit that organizes within low to no-income Black and Southeast Asian communities in Madison, WI. Our mission is to achieve social justice through combining direct services and community organizing.
The Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR) is a Black and brown-led grassroots organization fighting for community control of the police in order to end police crimes committed primarily against the poor and Black, Indigenous, and brown people.
The Community Power Coalition (CPC) is a collective of Black and Southeast Asian social justice organizations across Wisconsin, that work to improve the material conditions of most impacted communities through statewide civic engagement initiatives and rapid response resource mobilizations.
Freedom Action Now, Inc. is a Black and Southeast Asian Wisconsin-based organization creating change for Survivors of interpersonal and state violence. We achieve this through voter education and turnout, leadership development, community organizing, coalition building, and statewide policy advocacy.
The African American Roundtable (AART) organizes, nurtures, and transforms Black leaders to build power in service of Black liberation.
For more information, contact Tonnisha English-Amamoo at tonnisha@ohiopjp.org.
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