Art critics can serve as reproducers of racist ideology or as agents of change. As Ibram X. Kendi's work suggests, there can be no such thing as a nonracist art critic. There are only racist art critics or anti-racist art critics. Some of AICA-USA's membership has deployed racist, hateful speech masquerading as a legitimate debate about the role of race in the discipline. AICA-USA must stop using its infrastructure to give voice to this thinly veiled white supremacist hate speech. It is time for AICA-USA to reimagine itself as an agent for equality, equity, and anti-racist change.

If we can afford 5 trillion dollars for the wealthiest thousand citizens and endless wars, we can afford college for lower to lower middle income families as an investment in our collective future. All of the things are and more are possible........Let’s do them!!!

Washington DC recently renamed a section of Lafayette Park in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement to show support for the movement that has been embraced by so many of our citizens. We request that the New York City Mayor and City Council do the same by renaming a block of Fifth Avenue in a similar fashion to honor the memory of those lost and encourage change for the better so no citizen will suffer at the hands of those sworn to "protect and serve."

This is urgently needed now because without this, we cannot come together. We must work together and solve our existential problems. We need to come together and see the Oneness and work for the good of all and let go of some of those individualistic points of view. What happens to one of us happens to all of us. Join me and sign this petition. Come together for Peace On Earth.

I have watched Trump lie and bully and dodge for 3 1/2 years, and turn the truth on its head for fun. But this is our country, and I refuse to let him use force on citizens and frighten us into complying with policy and behavior that is morally and legally wrong. How long before he uses our own soldiers to keep us from voting? Sign now!

Too many police are using their power to commit murder. Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and George Floyd are just three examples of police brutality resulting in death. There are so many more deaths of innocent people who died at the hands of those who are suppose to protect and serve and something needs to be done to stop it from happening. These poor innocent people and their families are dealing with tragedy when they don't have to.

It is important that we follow suit to where the city, state and nations are going, in the wake on George Floyd’s Death we would be Proud to have a Black Lives Matter in his honor and to all those that have lost there lives to police brutality.

By his misuse of military personnel and weapons President Trump committed three impeachable offenses in violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution: 1) Suppression of peaceful protesters expressing their right to freedom of speech; 2) interference with the people's guaranteed right to assemble; and 3) obstruction of citizens' acts of petitioning the Government for redress of grievances.

We, the petitioning residents of the District of Columbia, don't want our city militarized, as we are now witnessing in response to protests to the murder of George Floyd. We who live in Washington, DC, take seriously our rights to free speech, free movement, and equal justice for all.

In light of current events it renews the need to call for police body cameras. We, the undersigned, join Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages and Legislator Siela Bynoe in urging Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to make body cameras a priority in ongoing police union contract negotiations. Body cameras are used by law enforcement throughout this country and creates transparency by providing a factual record of what occurred in all encounters between Police Officers and civilians. We understand that Minority Leader Abrahams and Legislators Bynoe and Solages secured funding for a PILOT program for body cameras in 2014, and that this program was blocked because the former County Executive had not included the police unions in the conversations about the program. Therefore, we respectfully request that Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and her administration make body cameras a part of the ongoing collective bargaining negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association and Superior Officers Association.

By ordering the forceful removal of Black Lives Matter protesters from Lafayette Square and St. John's Church property on Jun 1, 2020, solely for the purpose of facilitating an unnecessary and ill conceived photo shoot by Mr. Trump, Mr. Barr has blatantly abused the First Amendment rights of peaceful American citizens. Mr. Trump had neither notified nor received permission from the church for this photo shoot. This is both a serious abuse of power and demonstrates a clear lack of regard for safety and the Constitutional rights of American citizens. Mr. Barr no longer has the trust of the American public, as head of the US Justice Department, to ensure Justice for All!

For decades we have watched, appalled, while the police have engaged in brutal attacks against Californians, especially if they happen to be people of color. The police are our employees. We literally pay their salaries and benefits. It is we the taxpayers who pay out huge settlements in the rare instances when the police are found guilty of engaging in brutal acts against us. Instead of working with us to stop police violence, they have exhibited a sneering disregard for our concerns and have militarized against us. It is not right that we the people are afraid of our employees and what they might do to us. That dynamic needs to be reversed. Immediate action to fix the situation is needed. Not long-term studies, not coffee meetings with local police or fruitless efforts to get them to take us seriously, not empty promises by politicians. We require the California legislature to take action NOW.