RETURNED CITIZENS SYNDICATE
Greetings All,
Greetings All,
"Returned" Citizen, I like the ring of that. Frankly, my focus is more on the work at hand and not so much in convincing others what to call me. EXIT-US is crazy supportive of so many activists and organizations working to transform Amerika's prison plantation industry. We've been on the mic moderating candidate forums, on everyone's panel speaking power to truth, in everyone's photos with our fist raised high in defiance and in everyone's anti-establishment demonstration videos. At this stage of the game, we are broke, tire and fed up!!
I challenge you Jondhi Harrell, Michael Tabon, Gerald Bolling, Malik Aziz, Mark Harrell, Wayne Jacobs, Michelle Simmons, William Goldsby, Hakim Ali, Michael Couch, Nathaniel Lee, Tara Timberman, Hannah Zellman, Frederica Hoffman, Jason Williams, Rueben Jones, Tracey Fisher, Muhammad Shakur, Karen Lee, Sarah Morris, Layne Mullet, Patricia Vickers, Connie Grier, Henry Demby, Tyrone Werts, Darryl Goodman, Barbie Fischer, Alif Allah, and the many other leaders who have experienced first hand the devastating consequences of mass imprisonment, to RISE UP!!
We have access to SPACE and we all have the TROOPS ready to move out. I am not talking about a pity party pow wow. I'm suggesting an agenda directed plan of action with real teeth that deals with issues such as who is going to be the next governor of this state; and, how we can influence budgetary outcomes that determine resource allocation to our community. Then we determine who becomes Philadelphia's next mayor in 2015.
We are all Bosses; however, the success of this "Syndicate" needs to be about COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP. There will be plenty of work and responsibility to go around without us focusing on who is in charge of the entire process. Plus, having a multi-leadership perspective prevents the opposition from targeting one person to destroy our movement (i.e. MLK & Malcolm X). I look forward to receiving everyone's feedback.
In Solidarity,
Thomas
