On Saturday, March 3, the December 12th Movement International Secretariat held a historic citywide Tribunal / Hearing on “We Ain’t Going Nowhere!” The Ethnic Cleansing of the Black Community. The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp community room was filled to capacity with organizers, activists, and residents eager to give expert analysis and testimonies in order to work on a plan of action in resistance to the ethnic cleansing – forced displacement of Black people in New York City and cities throughout the country.
International human rights attorney Roger S. Wareham chaired the proceedings and the presiding panel of three distinguished jurists included Victor Goode, Esq., Professor at City University of New York School of Law and former Executive Director of the National Conference of Black Lawyers; Joan Gibbs, Esq., former General Counsel for the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, and Alfred Toussaint, Esq., Program Manager of CAMBA Legal Services, Housing Unit. Please read FULL TRIBUNAL REPORT at Tribunal_Report_Rev1(1).
