Information for Actions against The Parade of Lights

NO SILENT NIGHTS - SOLIDARITY FOR THOSE IN STRUGGLE AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE

2pm- Some folks are meeting at the capitol to plan their actions. If you don't have a crew/affinity group yet and don't know what to do, try to make this meeting. But also be careful about what you say to who.

5:30pm- Start your actions around the parade route! Pick an intersection, street, store, whatever... hold signs and banners, distribute literature, cause a scene, stage a die-in, occupy the street, be creative!

8pm- Meet up at Skyline Park (17th and Arapahoe) for a mass action! (If you know folks who want to plug in but don't know how.. this is a key time to get everyone together, so pass this time and location along)

To join the text loop for autonomous actions and information for the night:

text @DenverActionNet" to the phone number 23559

NO SILENT NIGHTS - SOLIDARITY FOR THOSE IN STRUGGLE AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE

Every year in Denver families line the streets of downtown to watch a 40 year annual tradition, the Parade of Lights. This parade kicks off a season of joy, family, reflection on the year past and looking forward to the coming year. This season should be a time of happiness and most of us find ourselves surrounded by loved ones. But what joy is there for those who have had their loved ones violently murdered and stolen by the police here in Denver, in Ferguson, in New York, in Cleveland and countless other cities? Chairs sat empty at their Thanksgiving tables and will be empty once again at the table Christmas Night.

People across the country are saying NO MORE SILENT NIGHTS! The silence and continuation of business as usual makes us complicit in this war against Black and Brown folks and poor people in this country. Instead of reaching for the hot cocoa and carol books, you are invited to break the silence by bringing your voices, banners, megaphones, friends, crews, families, loving rage, anger, hope and solidarity to Parade of Lights this Saturday, December 6th. You are encouraged to disperse discreetly amongst the crowd, ready to pop off into action at 6:10pm. What should your action be at 6:10? That is up to you and your friends! It only takes a few loud people to disrupt many. Who knows, maybe your neighbors are protestors in waiting too! Need some ideas?

Make several banners out of bed sheets and paint slogans on them like “BLACK LIVES MATTER” “ACAB” “SHUT IT DOWN! FOR MIKE BROWN!” “JUSTICE FOR RYAN RONQUILLO!” Tuck those in your bag or under your shirt and wait until 6:10 to get them out and start chanting.

Get some noise makers and toss them in your bag ready to chant loudly at 6:10.

Print off 100’s of fliers about police violence, Ryan Ronquillo, the Ferguson Rebellion and start distributing them to everyone along the parade route.

Bust out your sidewalk chalk and start creating a little piece de resistance of your own!

Take over an intersection downtown with a “die in” that lasts 4.5 minutes representing the 4.5 hours Mike Brown laid in the street after Darren Wilson murdered him.

Print off posters and stickers and do some holiday decorating around downtown!

The possibilities are endless.