End the Violence Recap
Today's City-Wide End the Violence Rally was necessary... It was a call to action and a display that regardless of age, race, side of town or station in life; collectively we are committed to ending…
City-Wide End the Violence Rally
In the wake of steadily increasing violence in our city, an event has been created at the request of a recent shooting victim's family. We will gather at the Indiana State House and march in…
The Wake Tickets On Sale!
Inspired by the book: In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe, "The Wake" combines Art and Activism in a way never seen in the city, let alone the state Featuring original spoken…
2nd Annual Toys for Tamir Drive
Join DONT SLEEP as we honor the life of Tamir Rice during the month of June. June 25th, 2017 would have been Tamir Rice's 15th Birthday. In honor of his memory, we will be collecting…
DONT SLEEP Storytellers – June
DONT SLEEP has partnered with Maleah Solange Books to bring a series of unique local Black authors to educate and raise the consciousness level of Indianapolis! Welcome the first of our featured DONT SLEEP Storytellers, Tami…
DONT SLEEP Membership Meeting
Come join DONT SLEEP as we discuss what it means to get involved with our movement, what we have coming up and how you can help!
Know Your Rights Workshops (5)
Thanks to a partnership with the National Lawyers Guild – Indiana Chapter, and the generosity of Martin Luther King Community Center, DONT SLEEP is proud to announce a 5-Week Series of Know Your Rights Trainings starting…
Love and Hate: A critical conversation on gender relationships in the Black Community
There's definitely a love hate relationship in the black community among the genders represented...but should there be where the conversation ends? Love and Hate is a critical conversation on gender relationships and the black community.…
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement? (Recap)
On February 28, 2017 at Indiana University Purdue University - Indianapolis, the Africana Studies Department sponsored an event for students open to the public entitled "...What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?" The event consisted…