Week of action 17 – 25 May: 1 Year on from George Floyd’s Murder – We Need Action
#BlackLivesMatter #UKisNotInnocent
#SayTheirNames #TakeTheKnee
List of protests and #TakeTheKnee actions on 22 and 25 May here
Stand Up To Racism has called a week of action across Britain to commemorate George Floyd’s death one year on, and in the spirit of the #BlacklivesMatter movement.
Graphics & materials pack to take part in and promote the week of action here
On Saturday 22 May, a major online international rally will take place, following daytime local actions and protests coordinated across England, Scotland and Wales. You can see the emerging list of actions here
On Facebook, add ‘Stand Up To Racism’ (the national campaign page) as a co host for your events so they appear on the national events list page. Please also add your actions to our George Floyd Week of action form here
On 25 May, anti racists will #TakeTheKnee everywhere across the country.
More details here. The TUC and Stand Up To Racism are calling on unions in every workplace to organise to #TakeTheKnee during the day at work, and then take part in the 6pm Twitterstorm as communities all over Britain #TakeTheKnee wherever they are. Content from actions at 6pm, as well as earlier recorded content from workplace actions should all be shared at 6pm using #TakeTheKnee and #UKisNotInnocent
The TUC and Stand Up To Racism have organised a mobilising meeting on Monday 17 May, 6pm, for trade unionists to discuss and build their actions for 25 May. Register and see speakers list here
TUC & SUTR letter to unions here
