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Who We Are
Black Lives Matter Boise Chapter (BLM Boise) began May 31, 2020 in response to the killing of George Floyd. BLM Boise is a social and environmental justice organization lead by critical criminologists, data scientists, & social scientists. We are a collective of senior-level activists, healthcare workers, musicians, athletes, & influencers.
OUR VISION
We envision an egalitarian Boise. We want to bridge the gap between academia and the general public using GIS (geographic information systems). We are a data-driven community organization founded upon decades of critical criminological research, we want to share this data with the community and help form a dialogue with stakeholders to create an egalitarian Boise.
What we are doing
Short Term
We are a coalition of antifascists supporting a Black queer feminist perspective seeking to help the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN) meet their ideological goals by bringing this recent historical movement transforming it into a critical criminological think-tank. Currently BLM Boise is conducting research surrounding policing but not limited to environmental justice issues; an analysis of armament during police killings and we found Black unarmed women were more likely to be shot and killed than white armed men (Wilson, 2021) despite white men being significantly more likely to be armed, but also more likely to use a weapon in the commission of a crime. We look forward to sharing our findings in a 17 year study on Stop-and-Frisk or Terry Stops, which aims to challenge contemporary policing as counterproductive.
Long Term
The long-term mission is to establish accountability to state regulators, corporations, and policing whereby quantitative data has been nonexistent or unobserved. We are currently conducting several studies of policing and water contamination from a microspatial/microgeographic using geographic information systems (gis) to observe complex phenomena. The goal of examining these complex issues from a public health perspective is to reduce iniquities by establishing BLMBoise.org as a source of critical information to the general public. The significance of our Chapter is as such; research shapes policy and pocky shapes society. We are on the front-lines in the war for humanity.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
~Donate
~Volunteer
~Join our Board of Directors
OUR CURRENT MISSION:
BPD & ACSO record & share all police encounters with the public
End Qualified Immunity (QI)
Abolition- defunding local, state, & federal police
EAbolish Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Repeal Idaho’s sealing of police records
We demand an end to the unionization of local, state, and federal law enforcement. Police unions are not unions. #EndPoliceAssociations
Idaho Courts recognize “No Knock Warrants” - Ban “No Knock Warrants”
Enact citizen review boards requiring with subpoena powers
Ban armored vehicles, military equipment, & end the outright militarization of BPD & ACSO
End the prison industrial complex
Lastly, we were able to help BabeVote.org register hundreds of new voters at our events in 2020 & continue to move these efforts forward into the future.
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BLM GRassroots
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.We are expansive. We are a collective of liberators who believe in an inclusive and spacious movement. We also believe that in order to win and bring as many people with us along the way, we must move beyond the narrow nationalism that is all too prevalent in Black communities. We must ensure we are building a movement that brings all of us to the front. We affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. Our network centers those who have been marginalized within Black liberation movements. We are working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically targeted for demise. We affirm our humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression. The call for Black lives to matter is a rallying cry for ALL Black lives striving for liberation.”