Here is a video snapshot of the Millions Hoodies March for Travon Martin in Union Square, New York City on March 21, 2012.

The speaker is Brian Jones a Teacher, Writer and Activist we interviewed during the rally/march. He connects the killing of Trayvon Martin to Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow and the view of black and brown men as criminals. The results of this criminalization has not only led to the mass incarceration of black men but also the murder of them like what happened with Trayvon Martin.

The turnout for Trayvon Martin was huge. The voices of our youth were loud and clear "we are all Trayvon Martin." We no longer need to feel like lone voices crying in the wilderness, our youth have come, the people are awakening. Death to ignorance and inhumanity!

Larry Hamm of the Peoples Organization for Progress (POP) spoke at Cemotap's 25th Anniversary Celebration on March 18, 2012. He congratulated Cemotap on their 25 years of service and spoke about the importance of their work. Hamm says that we need to make sure we not only fight against offensive media that is created by the white mainstream but also make sure we fight the negative images produced by the black community. Especially the degradation of women in many black magazines and other media.

Truth on the Kony 2012 video from Milton Allimadi who is the Publisher of, "The Black Star News" and is from Gulu, Uganda. Allimadi has also written an editorial on the video on here. website http://www.blackstarnews.com/news/122/ARTICLE/8007/2012-03-08.html

Milton Allimadi was speaking at CEMOTAP's 25th Anniversary Celebration in Jamaica, NY on March 18, 2012.

Jazz Hayden, Founder of All Things Harlem, spoke at Cemotap's 25th Anniversary Celebration on March 18, 2012. He spoke about the importance of having our own media.

The contrast between the relationship with the community is radically different with the fire department and NYPD. The FDNY provides a service that is supportive and compassionate. NYPD is the complete opposite.

We recognize the work of the FDNY which, by its nature, is caring and directed towards saving lives. However, the hiring practices of FDNY is patently racist. The recent decision in favor of the Vulcans, awarding them millions in compensation for the impact of the FDNY's racist hiring practice, may eliminate those racist practices. We at All Things Harlem applaud the court's decision.

Cemotap Press Release:

On Sunday March 18, 2011 at 4 PM, CEMOTAP, The Committee To Eliminate Media Offensive To African People,  the Queens based media activist organization will celebrate its 25th Anniversary at the Black Spectrum Theatre located at 177 Street & Baisley Boulevard (Inside Roy Wilkins Park) Jamaica, New York.  

Over the years CEMOTAP has engaged in a number of activities to further their struggle for media justice, including submitting articles to the press about media abuses, publishing  books journals and a newspaper, holding educational forums, leading  and participating in demonstrations and boycotts, supporting  media personalities under attack and supporting political prisoners. CEMOTAP Co-Chair Dr. James McIntosh, said that "If just the people CEMOTAP has directly helped show up we will have an overflow crowd." Betty Dopson Co-chair and founder quipped, If just the community dignitaries who have said they are coming show up we will have an overflow crowd."

Admission is Free.  Speakers include Dr. Adelaide Sanford, former Vice Chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents, Larry Hamm, Chairman of People's Organization For Progress, The Honorable Charles Barron, New York City Councilman, The Honorable Inez Barron,  New York State Assemblywoman , Bob Law,   legendary broadcaster, Milton Allimadi Publisher of Black Star News,  and Abdul Haqq of the December 12th Movement.  Reverend Al Sharpton  said  on his radio program Sunday that he will stop by even though he will be out of state for a part of the day.

Also attending will be Lisa Noble,  daughter of Gil Noble, the ailing legendary host of WABC TV's now defunct  Public Affairs Program, "Like It Is. "   She will give an update on her father's condition.  Mr. Noble was recently transferred from a Rehab Center to Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey for emergency acute care.  Ms. Noble will also discuss the need for the Black community to assist in the archiving and digitalizing of her father's decades of  programs.  Ms. Noble says that this digitalization will be necessary for the "Like it Is" collection to be shared with students all over the world as is her father's expressed wish. According to family attorney Joseph Fleming the tapes are now owned by the Noble Family "only because of the struggle of CEMOTAP" and the Black Community with WABC over the decades.

Jazz Hayden   a Harlem Media Activist  who has been exposing police abuses by videotaping the police as they engage in their "Stop and Frisk program will not only pay tribute but will discuss his own organization's videotaping  program and how it can be expanded to other boroughs.  Hayden has an upcoming trial date after being arrested for this constitutionally protected videotaping activity.  

CEMOTAP Co-Chairs Betty Dopson and James McIntosh will share hosting duties and pay tribute to the CEMOTAP Executive Committee, the key workers of the organization who have labored behind the scenes for 25 years. Two  of the original Executive Committee Members John Pounds and Arnold White are ancestors and will be honored during an opening libation.  

CEMOTAP has also produced radio programs, cable TV programs  and most recently  an internet TV program called "Like it Should Be," inspired by Gil Noble's, "Like It Is" on CEMOTAPS YOUTUBE Channel at  http://www.youtube.com/user/CEMOTAP1

Our Enemies in Blue, was a panel discussion and community conversation discussing the abusive behavior of the NYPD.  The discussion was held at the Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) on February 22, 2012.

International Socialist Organization - The racist practices of the NYPD are nothing new. But in recent weeks and months, the NYPD's brutality has been exposed to the world: from a New York Times editorial by a young black man who is one of the hundreds of thousands stopped and frisked each year because of the color of his skin, to the videos of the beating and pepper-spraying of peaceful Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, and recent revelations that the NYPD showed its officers the Islamophobic "Third Jihad" film featuring Comissioner Ray Kelly.   And more and more people are standing up, from the outburst of anger after the NYPD's beating of Jateik Reed and murder of Ramarley Graham, a growing movement against stop and frisk, marches against NYPD brutality, and in defense of Jazz Hayden, who is standing up to retaliation from the NYPD for his tireless efforts in documenting and exposing their harrassment of Black and Brown people in Harlem. Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization (Uptown and Bronx Branches) Socialistworker.org 

Click for Video of the Panel Discussion

Press Release from National Lawyers Guild