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We Won’t Go Back! Get to Atlanta! We Say NO MORE! Get to Atlanta! The Stop Mass Incarceration Network (SMIN) has issued a draft Call for a Shutdown Day on April 14, a day of massive resistance all over the country, with students at thousands of schools going on strike, taking over buildings and more; and people gathering in cities nationwide to disrupt America’s business as usual. And SMIN is developing a plan of resistance to build up to April 14. If you want to see the horror of police wantonly murdering people STOPPED and are ready to get down to serious work to STOP it, come to this planning meeting in Atlanta. Be part of enriching and further developing the plans for the Shutdown Day in April. And be part of developing a plan for resistance that builds up momentum to a powerful day of resistance in April. The authorities have declared that the normal routine of this society will continue to include wanton police murder of Black and Latino people. This normal routine must be disrupted. Come to Atlanta on February 7 & 8, & be part of planning out how to do that! Click here for the tentative agenda. Register for the National Planning Meeting here. Help make this meeting a success by making a needed contribution. From Chicago we will be car caravanning and/or taking vans to Atlanta for this conference.  Call the Chicago Stop Mass Incarceration Network at 312-933-9586 or Revolution Club Chicago at 312-804-9121 Register for the National Planning Meeting here. Contact: stopmassincarceration@gmail.com The Details Friday, February 6, Atlanta GA • Friday Meet and Greet: 6 PM to 10 PM at Castleberry Inn and Suites, 186 Northside Dr. SW, Atlanta GA Saturday, February 7, 9:00 AM * Interdenominational Theological Center, 700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. SW * Tentative agenda here. Sunday, February 8, 10:00 AM * Interdenominational Theological Center, 700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. SW * Tentative agenda here. * New York Delegation prepare for departure at 1:30 PM from the ITC. * Bus leaves Atlanta at 3:00 PM Monday, February 9, 6:30 AM * Arrive at Lower East Side, New York City The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) is located on the Atlanta University Center, which is not far from our host hotel, Castleberry Inn and Suites. The Atlanta University Center is the largest contiguous consortium of African American higher education in the U.S. The center consists of four historically black colleges and universities – Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. Address: 700 MLK Dr. SW. Host Hotel: Castleberry Inn and Suites is located in Downtown Atlanta's Historic Castleberry Hill Art District. It is a 15 minute walk to the Atlanta University Center and the Interdenominational Theological Center. When making a reservation during this weekend, please mention "Stop Mass Incarceration Network" to obtain the special rate. Address: 186 Northside Drive SW. Phone: 404-893-4663. Help make this meeting a success by making a needed contribution.