FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/30/2022
UHURU LEADERS RESPOND TO FBI RAIDS AT REPARATIONS CENTER ON GRAVOIS
St. Louis, MO: Following a series of coordinated violent FBI raids of the offices and homes of leaders of the African People’s Socialist Party, the African People’s Solidarity Committee will hold a press conference on Tuesday August 2, 2022 at 12:30 PM Central in front of the Uhuru Solidarity Center at 2654 Gravois Avenue.
The Uhuru Solidarity Movement’s reparations organizing center in St. Louis was one of the seven properties included in the vicious attacks.
Speakers will include African People’s Socialist Party founder and leader Chairman Omali Yeshitela; Penny Hess, the Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee and individuals whose homes and offices were raided, along with other supporters, specifically from the white community, who want to express their outrage about these attacks and who want to join in defense of the Uhuru Movement’s work for reparations and black self-determination.
Footage from these attacks will be made available after the press conference.
Contact: Len Demmer, Uhuru Solidarity Movement
314-384-9818
Media@uhurusolidarity.org