{"id":1000,"date":"2020-12-15T08:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacklivesseattle.org\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2020-12-15T08:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:27:52","slug":"wa-black-lives-matter-alliance-unveils-2021-road-map-to-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blacklivesseattle.org.dream.website\/wa-black-lives-matter-alliance-unveils-2021-road-map-to-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"WA Black Lives Matter Alliance Unveils 2021 Road Map to Liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SEATTLE<\/strong>\u2014The Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance today released the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blmalliancewa.org\/our-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Road Map to Liberation<\/a>, its agenda of priorities for the Washington State Legislature\u2019s upcoming session.<\/p>\n<p>Priorities include pushing for policies that protect and liberate Black Lives through investments in Black arts and culture, economic freedom and generational wealth, fully funding public education, access to health, affordable housing and equity in criminal justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past six months we have witnessed hundreds of thousands of people across Washington state take direct action, whether it be in marches, law suits, strikes, or contacting their local and state elected officials to demand action for the liberation of Black Lives,\u201d said Ebony Miranda, WA BLM Alliance steering committee member and board chair of Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County. \u201cThese priorities represent a mandate of the people; Washington state must dismantle its anti-Black infrastructure and policies across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/blmalliancewa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance<\/a> is a non-partisan, statewide coalition launched by Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County. Members from organizations across the state work to eradicate anti-Black racism and all forms of oppression so that Black people and all people can thrive. Its Steering Committee includes leaders from Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, NAAP Spokane and Seattle King County NAACP, the Puget Sound Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Eastern Washington University, Byrd Barr Place, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Alliance allows for organizations across Washington state to identify priorities and co-create the future we want to see for Black Washingtonians moving forward,\u201d said Kiantha Duncan, steering committee member and president-elect of the Spokane NAACP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the pandemic enters its second year, racism continues to worsen its health and economic effects. WA Black Lives Matter Alliance\u2019s agenda demands a statewide declaration that racism is a public health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Additional priorities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protect and invest in Black expression, arts and culture;<\/li>\n<li>Ban the Box on tenant applications of disclosure of convictions, evictions, and bankruptcies;<\/li>\n<li>Police tactics and accountability;<\/li>\n<li>End youth incarceration; close Naselle;<\/li>\n<li>End money bail and pre-trial detention;<\/li>\n<li>Ensure anti-racist LGBTQIA+ health services for Black and IPOC Washingtonians;<\/li>\n<li>Create access to culturally relevant mental health services; ensure Medicaid parity so clinicians are appropriately compensated and services available;<\/li>\n<li>Remove barriers to access to culturally responsive care for our elders;<\/li>\n<li>System-wide reform of cannabis industry;<\/li>\n<li>Restoring voting rights for incarcerated people;<\/li>\n<li>Repealing I-200 and protecting affirmative action;<\/li>\n<li>End state-sanctioned trafficking of Black children; preserve, reunify, and support families;<\/li>\n<li>Ensure Black communities have food access and security for all;<\/li>\n<li>Extend the evictions moratorium until 2025; fully fund dispute resolution services;<\/li>\n<li>End systematic racism in welfare eligibility and delivery;<\/li>\n<li>Creating a capital gains tax to fully fund education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, people took to the streets for Black Lives,\u201d said Dr. Shari Clarke, steering committee member and university administrator at Eastern Washington University. \u201cWith this road map, those streets lead to Olympia. We\u2019re turning that energy into action for policy that can bring seismic change for Black Lives across the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur fight is about the whole of Black Life\u2014our labor, our education, our health, our economic security,\u201d said Kevin Allen, steering committee member and executive board member of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Puget Sound Chapter. \u201cThis is our voice. This is our power.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>About the Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance<\/strong><br \/>The Washington Black Lives Matter Alliance is a non-partisan, statewide coalition of Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County. 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