Here is an urgent request from some friends in Ferguson, Missouri.

Here's the quick back story: You probably heard that the Department of Justice recently issued an unprecedented report exposing leaders in Ferguson for grave violations of the civil rights of Black residents. Six community officials—including the chief of police—have been forced from their posts.

April 08, 2015 Ferguson added three new council people two blacks and one white, neither is for direct change in Ferguson Missouri.

A group of Ferguson community residents and leaders came together to oust the mayor in a recall petition for allowing the grave injustice committed by officials of the City of Ferguson. Leaders and residents turned in over 3,300 signatures when only 1,815 was needed. The clerk of Ferguson and the Board of Elections coupled together are trying to hinder the process of leaders and residents ousting the mayor.

Ferguson city Clerk who has the duty to verify the petition signatures certified the petition as invalid lacking 27 signatures from initiating the recall process getting the mayor name back on the ballot. Ferguson Clerk is trying to turn our valid petition into an invalid petition by invalidating actual valid signatures, alleging registered voters are not registered when in fact they are.

We have filed a lawsuit in Saint Louis County Circuit Court asking a judge to order the Clerk to certify our petition. NOW. And whether this gets off the ground is up to us—This effort will only succeed if organizers can raise money to sustain there efforts in Ferguson on the ground. Can you chip in now and help community leaders in Ferguson make lasting political change? Yes, I'll chip in. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T9H7GSZJXPXW

In the wake of crisis in Ferguson Missouri, city leaders have hired two "bonus blacks" http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/ferguson-gets-new-police-chief , 1st, a city manager from Arizona to handle Ferguson day-to-day operations who almost bankrupted the small town he was from in Arizona while working as city manager. 2nd, police chief from Arizona, the small town where the city manager came from who was hard on Latinos and African Americans, nor is he license in the State of Missouri to be a peace officer.

We cannot turn a blind eye to these soring incompetent decisions made by the new and old city officials after the blistering DOJ report. 

"In Ferguson, a city that's two-thirds African American, nearly all police officers are white. Black residents have been routinely harassed and detained by police without provocation. Dogs have been set on kids as young as 14, who were later not even charged with a crime. People have been thrown into crippling financial debt for low-level citations while high-ranking officials engaged in the worst forms of nepotism and cronyism to shirk their own speeding tickets." Can you chip in now and help community leaders in Ferguson make lasting political change? Yes, I'll chip in. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T9H7GSZJXPXW 

It will be a huge undertaking to make the kinds of structural and leadership changes needed to address these issues that are affecting Ferguson—and many of our communities. But that change begins by having a mayor with leadership who will be responsive to communities of color. And what better place is there to start than Ferguson, Missouri?

Can you chip in right now? Yes, I'll chip in and help create lasting political change in Ferguson. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T9H7GSZJXPXW

With your support, residents and organizers will elect a new mayor for leadership to advocate for commonsense reforms, and demand leadership that will make competent decisions for the people of Ferguson.

This is the next step that some key local organizers in Ferguson want to take—and we're asking for your help. This is an opportunity to turn the national attention on Ferguson into meaningful action that will improve the lives of local residents while serving as a model for community empowerment that could be echoed and adopted throughout the country. But, because organizers rely on donations to push harder and move to the next step, we can only win if enough of us chip in. Can you chip in to support this important effort?

Yes, I'll chip in. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscrcmd=_sxclick&hosted_button_id=7T9H7GSZJXPXW

We need to make sure that in Ferguson, resignations in the wake of the Department of Justice report are just the beginning.

The officials who committed grave injustices against the people of Ferguson must be held accountable for the lives they altered and ruined. New leadership needs to be elected so Ferguson can rebuild and start again.

The world is watching what happens next in Ferguson—and organizers in Ferguson know what happens in their community has the potential to spur people all over the country to change unjust systems and build communities based on justice and dignity for all of us.

To get started, they need your support. I just chipped in—will you?

Yes, I'll chip in and help create lasting political change in Ferguson. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=7T9H7GSZJXPXW

Thanks for all you do.
Ferguson Activist
FergusonActivistPhil.org