Newark Earthworks Center Solidarity & Action

The acts of terrorism rooted in racism that took the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many other Black Americans recently are a continuation of a tragic but all too familiar reality. We at the Newark Earthworks Center celebrate life and achievement. We have a human responsibility to call out racism, hatred, and injustice. American Indian peoples have long suffered these things. We ally ourselves with other peoples and groups with similar histories and struggles.

The call for justice being led by Black communities is happening now. As the Newark Earthworks Center, and a representative of the lives and achievements of indigenous peoples past, present and future, we feel the sorrow and justified anger of our Black relatives. Centuries of violence inflicted on Black, Indigenous, and Brown bodies through acts of police violence have led us to our current crossroads.

It is our choice what we do in this moment. We believe we must rise together for our collective liberation. We must create space for one another during this moment, to heal our collective pain, and to acknowledge the anger and dehumanization many are experiencing as we try to envision a better future for the next seven generations. Real healing takes real reform. To all things there is a season. The time for change is now.

For More Information, 

Visit:

• "President Drake calls for renewed effort to address racial injustice"
•  Ohio State News, May 29, 2020.
• Black Lives Matter Website
• Kirwin Institute Statement in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
• The Ohio State University Website, Kirwin Institute for the Study of Race and    Ethnicity, June 3, 2020.
• "8 Ways to Support the Protests and #BlackLivesMatter Movement from Home"
• Tiffany N. Ford, Blavity: News, June 4, 2020
• A Letter from NAIMI Director Kevin Gover
• National Museum of the American Indian, 2020.
• NAISA Supports Protests Against Police Brutality
• Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, 2020.
• "Leading National Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organizations Denounce Murder of George Floyd, Call for Impartial Investigation of Officers Involved" Press Release
• National Congress of American Indians, June 2020.
• OSU Resources
• Multicultural Center
• Bias Assessment and Response Team
• Open Doors
• Student Wellness Center
• Student Advocacy Center
• Department of African American and African Studies
• Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center
• Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male
• Instagram - 87 ways you can help
• Home From College.