We Demand Justice Recap
On Saturday, July 15th, several hundred citizens gathered on the south lawn of the Indiana State House to lift their voices and demand changes from local government. Many organizations came alongside the effort with…
We Demand Justice! #Justice4AaronBailey
On Thursday, June 29th, 2017, shortly after 2:00 am, IMPD officers stole the life Aaron Bailey, a 45 year old unarmed Black man. After being pulled over for a supposed traffic violation and being detained…
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…
You Cant Jail the Revolution: Stop SB285
In Indiana, Republican legislators have sparked outrage after introducing a bill that would empower police to remove protesters blocking traffic using "any means necessary." Organizers and activists opposed to the legislation have dubbed it the…
Black Lives Matter: Justice March
DONT SLEEP partnered with Indy 10 and community members and allies to take to the streets of Indianapolis after the extrajudicial murders of Terence Crutcher, Tyre King and Keith Scott. [gallery ids="699,700,701,702,703,704,705,706,707,708"]
SAY HER NAME: An Event Dedicated to those women of color lost to state violence
On Sunday, August 22, 2016; we gathered together to listen, to hear, to affirm and to remember the women we've lost to incidents of police brutality. To incidents of violence led by misogyny and Transphobia.…
BLACK LIVES MATTER//Indianapolis Protest
In the interest of lifting our combined voices to protest the unjust murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Black Lives Matter organizations; DONT SLEEP and Indy10 Black lives Matter will join forces with local…
#StandWithCharleston
On the evening of June 17, 2015, a mass shooting took place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The church is one of the United States' oldest black…