People from across the country will converge on Ferguson for a Weekend of Resistance, October 10-13, to demand justice for Michael Brown. Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Brown, an unarmed black teen, two months ago.
From New York to Los Angeles, the weekend of resistance will mark a national call for non-violent action to end systemic racial police bias and violence against black and brown communities.
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On Sunday, October 12, Dr. Cornel West will keynote "Mass Meeting on Ferguson - An Interfaith Service" at Saint Louis University’s Chaifetz Arena, 1 S. Compton Ave., from 7-10 p.m. The mass meeting is being dubbed as an “Evening of Reflection and Resistance” that will feature St. Louis rapper-activist Tef Poe, poet and activist Suheir Hammad, Rabbi Susan Talve of Central Reform Congregation, Rev. Jim Wallis, Sojourners, and a broad interfaith coalition of speakers committed to justice for Michael Brown.