Supporting each other in this moment

We demand that liberty and justice be for all [View as Webpage]( [National Education Association]( [EdJustice]( Hi {NAME}, Whatever our race, background, or zip code, we all want to move through our communities without fearing for our lives or our loved ones. Today, I write in anguish about how time and again, we have witnessed evidence of horrors committed against Black people by police. I write in painful recognition that our communities have suffered too many losses—in cities and on back roads, in living rooms and on neighborhood streets, and in the dark of night and light of day. People entrusted to serve and protect our communities instead target, detain, and even kill Black people like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castille, Keenan Anderson, and now Tyre Nichols. Tyre was a father who was beaten by five police officers during a traffic stop in his Memphis neighborhood. The news will continue to impact the way we show up in every aspect of our lives—perhaps with renewed fears, grief we cannot explain, or anger below the surface. Let us make space to support each other in this moment of reckoning with care, consciousness, and courage. We also expect, based on past experiences, that our national trauma will be exacerbated by a handful of politicians and decision-makers who will try to shame and blame the very victim of this police brutality to distract us from their failures. They know that if we’re made to fear each other, we’ll look the other way while police officers meant to uphold the law, harm our communities. In this moment we ask that you: - Renew the call for Congress to [pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act]( - Affirm [NEA’s commitment to Justice for Black Lives]( - Explore [NEA’s resources to process grief and trauma]( Let's keep each other safe and unite to ensure our elected officials and public servants respect our rights, no matter our race or zip code. Until justice is real, Becky Pringle President National Education Association [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [NEA - National Education Association]( You received this email at {EMAIL} because you are signed up for NEA EdJustice, timely actions and a quarterly digest about racial, social, and economic justice in education. [Click here to unsubscribe.]( © 2023 National Education Association 1201 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036 [neaEdJustice.org]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe](