Come visit our table at the local festival on Saturday 11AM-8PM to learn more about our organization.
We will also be selling official BLM-CU shirts with our chapter printed on them for $10. Your funds will go to local community resources, events, and activism. We appreciate your support!
In collaboration with WEFT Champaign 90.1 FM Community Radio, BLMCU will produce a weekly drop in called the Black Lives Matter Mixtape about black lives, history, and futures. The Black Lives Matter Mixtape are played live via Morning Menus on WEFT 90.1 FM and can be accessed below via Soundcloud:
In only an eerie, short span of months we have lost 3 black individuals placed in the cells of the Champaign County jail. December 1st 2015 it was Toya Frazier, March 27th 2016 Paul Clifton, and June 10th 2016 Veronica Horstead. Keeping those in police custody has only resulted in more stolen black lives and torn families/communities. We demand answers, we demand justice, we demand humanity.
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JOIN US IN CELEBRATING 151 years since the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas and freed the last of the slaves. Bring your family and friends to Douglass Park for summer fun and games. Sponsored by the Library Friends and the Champaign Park District.
Continue reading “Juneteenth Celebration 06/18/16”
Champaign, IL – June 4- June 24
Opening reception June 4, 5:00-8:00 pm / Panel discussion June 22, 6:00 pm
Looking for inclusive educational resources that are black centering, self-affirming, and liberating for you child? Black Lives Matter Champaign-Urbana presents our summer Freedom School program, where children can learn about their history beyond American colonialist terms. The curriculum will focus on ancient Egyptian civilization and the histories, cultures, and revolutions throughout the African Diaspora.
Those interested can sign up at the Douglass Community Center ( 512 E Grove St, Champaign, IL 61820)
We accept children of ages 6 and 7
And class will be Wednesdays, 9AM-11AM, starting June 8th
Black Lives Matter: Champaign-Urbana 