Sample: Social Justice Campaign

Historical Perspective & Relevance

Sandra Bland was a 28-year-old Black American woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, on July 13, 2015, three days after being arrested during a traffic stop.[1] Her death was ruled a suicide. It was followed by protests against her arrest, disputing the cause of death, and alleging racial violence against her.

Texas authorities and the FBI conducted an investigation into Bland's death[4][6] and determined the Waller County jail did not follow required policies, including time checks on inmates and ensuring that employees had completed required mental health training. Essentially, she was murdered and no one has been held accountable.

#SayHerName

In 2015 alone, at least six Black women have been killed by or after encounters with police. For instance, just before Freddie Gray’s case grabbed national attention, police killed unarmed Mya Hall—a Black transgender woman—on the outskirts of Baltimore. Alleged to be driving a stolen car, Hall took a wrong turn onto NSA property and was shot to death by officers after the car crashed into the security gate and a police cruiser. No action has been taken to date with respect to the officers responsible for her death. In April, police fatally shot Alexia Christian while she was being handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser. And in March in Ventura, California, police officers shot and killed Meagan Hockaday—a young mother of three—within 20 seconds of entering her home in response to a domestic disturbance.

Tweeting #SayHerName

1. What happened to Joyce Clarke? Nothing. An Aboriginal woman died in http://www.womeninandbeyond.org/?p=23346 #JoyceClarke #SayHerName #Australia
   
2. #SymoneMarshall was in a car accident, but instead of being taken to a hospital, she was arrested and left to die in her cell. Walker County Jail, the same jail that killed #SandraBland, has let another innocent woman die. #SayHerName
   
3. Violated,humiliated, Tortured, Burned, Decapitated! Murdered! #SayHerName #Cameroon #Cameroun #SouthernCameroons
   
4. Hopefully, these hashtags do more than fade to black. Like the previous have. We continue to #SayHerName, we continue to remember him say #icantbreathe.