To stop this illegal "stealing" of lands that is not NOT theirs to take. We must HONOR our commitment to ALL OUR Native Americans

Nanon McKewn Williams grew up in Los Angeles, California amid the violence and poverty that plagued the city. As a teenager, Nanon stood out for his academic and sporting achievements and dreamed of a career as a football player. He was an All-American and a recipient of more than 17 athletic scholarships. In 1992, when Nanon was only 17 years old, he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death by the state of Texas. As a young man on death row, Nanon discovered a passion for writing and committed his life to bring a voice for those silenced. Although he began his imprisonment as an angry teenager, prone to fight any and everything, Nanon spent over a decade in complete solitary confinement rising above the ashes of dead men. He began writing poems, which he published in 2000 under the title The Ties That Bind Us and continued to write numerous essays as well as several other books. With his autobiography, Sill Surviving, his words exploded across the country and Nanon suddenly found himself further punished for daring to speak out against Texas Death Row, its brutal killing machine, and his awareness of mass incarceration. In fact, when he published The Darkest Hour book of death row stories and interviews, those who supported Nanon feared for his life. The things Nanon endured was far worse than most people could ever imagine, yet he pushed forward relentlessly. A newsletter, The Williams Reports that Nanon created in 1997 was banned by the Texas prison system, as was some of his books. In 2005, as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Roper V. Simmons, Nanon was one of the juveniles studied that led to the nation banning execution for juveniles. His sentence was commuted to capital life. Despite Nanon enduring years in solitary confinement and mind boggling acts of punishment, although knowing over 300 men executed, somehow Nanon continued to excel. Nanon was able to complete his G.E.D in 2007. He then began college courses offered at Trinity Valley Community College. He earned his Associate Degree in Liberal Arts and Science, and also completed trades in Horticulture and Cognitive Intervention. He began tutoring other young men and inspiring them to reach higher. He led by example. In 2009, Nanon desperately tried to pursue higher forms of education, he fought to be transferred from the biggest prison in Texas to another to attend a special program that offered a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Sciences through the University of Houston-Clear Lake. It wasn’t surprising to anyone that Nanon graduated with high honors. He is now completing his Masters in Humanities and enrolling to pursue his Masters in Literature. Through writing, Nanon has found a way to endure life in prison, but he has now connected with countless people around the world. One of his books has been translated, he works with many universities around the country, his story is in a play called Lyrics Form Lockdown, and he teaches classes about segregation. He is now a Certified Peer Educator for sexually transmitted diseases and he recently published The Darkest Hour: Shedding Light on the impact of isolation and Death Row in Texas Prisons with Dr. Betty Gilmore, as well as a Children’s book called Peace People co-authored by Robyn Short. Nanon continues to work on booklets that show prisoners how to get resources, the need to recreate culture and his ability to educate other juveniles. Nanon has become one of the most inspiring people in the world from the most unlikely place. Many of us push for his freedom, but we all know that somehow he has found that in ways few people can ever understand!!

Everyone from the Indians, Jewish and the Japanese has received Reparations for their being mistreated. It's time the African-Americans received their Reparations. Why are the African-Americans the only ones undeserving of Reparations when we have suffered the most, and still suffering today.

Police freely shoot to kill unarmed people in our country contributing to the unlawful abuse of power by law enforcement and distrust of law enforcement. We need these shootings to be handled by the DOJ and stiffer penalties on law enforcement personnel.

Of the over 120 portraits of Lincoln owed by the Smithsonian, it offends me that the newspaper picture calling him a white ni**er is the one the world and all visitors see.

It took us most of a century to acknowledge the riots of 1921 in my home town of Tulsa. It took my grandfather forty years to whisper about it to me. When there is a murder there should be an arrest and a trial. Thanks.

I'm starting this Petition because I think that art should not be a mandatory high school graduation requirement. This issue is currently affecting me now.

1100 students. 2 bathrooms. 6 stalls in each bathroom. That means that about 100 students will use each stall every day. The result: bathrooms unusable with sinks that often break down. These bathrooms are on the first floor of a three-story building. Although there are bathrooms throughout the entire school, students are forbidden from using them. Please help convince Ms. Lenore Berner, the principal of MS 51, to allow the students to use more than one bathroom per gender.

The president has a duty to the people to protect them from dangers brought by the establishment. We must fight for these changes now.

We must push our politicians to represent us now. So many need to have these bills passed now. The people of this country who are counting on us can't wait 2 years or 4 years for these bills.

After striking for more than 50 days, 244 Alutiiq, Inc. base maintenance workers at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City are left wondering why Alaska’s Afognak Native Corporation, owner of Alutiiq, is hell-bent on stripping their pension. Afognak Native Corporation (Afognak) is an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC) formed under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), and the companies support the Afognak Tribe. On August 1, 2016, Alutiiq assumed the base maintenance contract at Tinker AFB, after winning the bid from a previous contractor. The workers are represented by Local Lodge 850 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The company wished to bridge the contract from the previous contractor, but demanded workers give up their long-standing pension. The company hired an infamous union-busting law firm, Jackson and Lewis, to do all the negotiating for Alutiiq on the Tinker AFB contract. The company cites worries about withdrawal liability in the plan, but the company has another contract with the IAM in Florida, which it just renegotiated this summer, and kept the plan. Over the years, the employees have forgone raises in favor of improving their pension plan. “They are determined to keep their pension,” said IAM spokesman Bob Wood. “This company knew the workers had a pension when they bid on the contract. If they didn’t want to fund the pension, they didn’t need to bid on the contract. These workers are determined to keep their plan.” “Our members would like to know if Afognak natives know that the company they own is using their money to hire union busters and stripping workers’ pensions,” said Wood. “We find it hard to believe they are aware what is being done in their name. We hope Afognak natives will tell them to do the right thing and quit attacking the workers who make the profits for the company.” “The Machinists Union shares the values of our Native Peoples of caring for our children and our elders. But it seems Alutiiq has no regard for the men, women and their families that are sacrificing to save their future, so we are reaching out to the Tribe to stop this strike,” said Wood. Learn more about the campaign at Facebook.com/alutiiqinjustice

Lennon Lacy was an African American 17-year old West Bladen high school student from Bladenboro, North Carolina. On August 29, 2014, Lacy was found hanging by belts that were tied together from a swing set in a primarily white mobile home park near his home. There is no reasonable evidence that proves that Lacy committed suicide. Lacy played football for his high school and had his uniform laid out on his bed the night before his body was found. Lennon Lacy was in a relationship with Michelle Brimhall, a 31 year old Caucasian women. Brimhall reported that the town disagreed with their interracial relationship. The population in this town is 80% white and 18% black. His death was declared as asphyxia secondary to hanging. Lacy's mother, Claudia Lacy does not believe that her son committed suicide, but was murdered. Some questions that have been left unanswered are: (1) what happened to the new Jordan’s the teen had recently bought? (2) the shoes found on Lacy’s feet were a size 10.5 but Lacy wore a size 12, who did the size 10.5 shoes belong to and why were the laces missing? (3) what did Lacy use to reach the swing set, which was 6 ft tall? (5) the belts that Lacy were found hanging from did not belong to him so who did they belong to? (6) did the person who dug up and removed the flowers from Lacy’s grave have anything to do with his death? (7) why didn’t law enforcement and the FBI do a thorough investigation and why did they rule out foul play so quickly? After two years, despite all of these unanswered questions, law enforcement still claims that it was suicide. We demand justice for Lennon Lacy! If justice is never served and this case is left closed, we are being taught that racism and murder is allowable. I created this petition to District Attorney Jon David, Quintin McGee, ADA, Cortney Sanford , ADA, and the US Department of Justice. I urge you to sign this petition to demand that this case be reopened so that a thorough and unprejudiced investigation from law enforcement and FBI.