THIS FUNDRAISER IS AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION FOR NON-BLACK PEOPLE ONLY. Yesterday afternoon, eighteen year-old Deon Kay was murdered on Orange St SE in Washington, D.C. This tragedy comes less than ten days after the shooting of Jacob Blake and two days after the murder of twenty-nine year old Dijon Kizzee in Los Angeles. I need to return to Washington, D.C., TOMORROW, and support my family, city, and activist community on the ground during this very volatile time. IF YOU HAVE EVER CONSUMED MY ART AS A NON-BLACK PERSON - ART THAT HAS TAKEN GRIEF, MOURNING, AND COLLECTIVE SUFFERING - ART THAT HELPS YOU ESCAPE YOUR REALITY - ART THAT GIVES YOU LIFE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DEATH IN MY COMMUNITY, I AM TASKING YOU AND YOUR RESOURCES WITH HELPING ME GET HOME IMMEDIATELY. If you are not able to contribute, please share with someone in your network is. This escalating war with the police state is one that cannot be the onus of Black people alone & I refuse to accept money from Black people at this time. I am asking you, as my community, to put your resources where your consumption is, and help me help my city.
Organizer
Malachi Byrd
Organizer
Washington D.C., DC

