MOVE Day of Remembrance: May 13, 2021

May 13, 1985 changed the city of Philadelphia forever.

On this day, Philadelphia police dropped a military grade bomb on members of the MOVE organization living at 6221 Osage Ave. Eleven Black men, women and children were murdered after police ordered fire fighters to “let the fire burn” & shot MOVE members back into the home with 10,000 rounds as they tried to escape. The violent attack came after over a decade of police violence & repression of MOVE activists, including the MOVE 9 who were political prisoners for 40 years. A Black neighborhood (60+ homes) was destroyed in the process.

On the 36th anniversary, join The MOVE Family at the Osage Avenue and Cobbs Creek Parkway for a day of remembrance to honor the lives of MOVE victims lost to this horrific act of police terrorism.

In April 2021, it was exposed that UPenn and Princeton stole and have unethically held and studied the remains of at least two children, Tree and Delisha Africa, who were killed in the fire. The pressure is growing to hold UPenn and Princeton accountable.

SCHEDULED SPEAKERS:
Pam Africa, MOVE Organization
Mike Africa Junior, MOVE Organization
Charlyn/Magdaline Griffith/Oro, interdisciplinary artist
Arnett Woodall, Cobbs Creek resident
Linn Washington, journalist
Dr. Walter Palmer, educator and organizer
Sista Milele, educator and community activist
Jubilee School children, MOVE historic marker
Abdul-Aliy Muhammad, writer and organizer
Noname, artist and activist
Mumia Abu Jamal, journalist and political prisoner