STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, REPRESSION AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF A GENERATION!

Mission Statement of the October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation

August 2023, October 22 Coalition Interim National Coordinating Committee

The mission of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation is to mobilize those directly under the gun of police terror, alongside those who are relatively immune to state violence, to derail the atrocities of police brutality, mass incarceration, and political repression. Since 1996, this has been realized through organizing for a National Day of Protest every year on October 22nd.

In a time when we are witnessing a sharp return to open white supremacy, and a fascist movement both inside and outside of government, the Coalition is building a network to respond quickly across the country through protests and other actions, strengthening people's ability to resist, and creating better conditions for fundamental social change.

St. Paul Principles
The October 22 Coalition officially adopted the St. Paul Principles in June 2023. The St. Paul Principles are a good baseline for solidarity and support:

Our solidarity will be based on respect for a diversity of tactics and the plans of other groups.

The actions and tactics used will be organized to maintain a separation of time or space.

Any debates or criticisms will stay internal to the movement, avoiding any public or media denunciations of fellow activists and events.

We oppose any state repression of dissent, including surveillance, infiltration, disruption and violence. We agree not to assist law enforcement actions against activists and others.

The Coalition also works on the Stolen Lives Project, which documents cases of killings by law enforcement nationwide. The second edition of the Stolen Lives book documents over 2000 cases in the 1990s. Volunteers are needed to help with the research and editing of cases since then. Please contact stolenlivesprojectonline@gmail.com for more information.

Contact October 22 Coalition-National at oct22national@gmail.com

THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST ON OCTOBER 22, 2025

To be posted soon: National Call for this year's National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation

List of contacts and assembly points for October 22, 2025

This year's FISTS ACROSS AMERICA campaign

Two leaflets to distribute: Call for building an Emergency Response Network, and Statement by Impacted Families

Resources for an NDP action, such as chants, visuals and audio, and security measures (e.g.: requesting legal observers, knowing your rights at a protest, etc.)

OCTOBER 22 COALITION HISTORY

History and Background of October 22 Coalition

What is the significance of the date, October 22?

Reports/coverage of past National Days of Protest

STATEMENTS AND MEDIA FROM THE COALITION

Recording of 6/29/25 training for knowing your rights when dealing with police

Playlist of livestreams of virtual national Stolen Lives Induction Ceremonies

April 2025 call to "STOP THE MAGA POLICE STATE!" (download printable version, with or without the hyperlinks) and recording of 6/1/25 town hall and organizing meeting

February 2025 emergency call to "Stand in Solidarity Against the Trump Regime's Fascist Attacks"

January 2025 statement on the "Return of Trump to Power: Serious Threats and Our Responsibility to Resist"

The 2021 October 22 Coalition Position Paper, "Fighting Police Terror in an Age of Fascism: A Time of Urgency, a Time for Unity, and a Time to Bring Forward an Era of Mass Resistance" (audio recording of the text)

Voices Against Police Brutality Ch. 1: The National Mixtape (2011) can be accessed/downloaded at the O22 Bandcamp page

Archive page of the Emergency Response Network newsletter and O22 statements

Call for the 30th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation on October 22, 2024

To be posted soon.

Join and support the National Day of Protest in your town on October 22nd, and if there isn't something already organized, start organizing something today, and reach out to the October 22nd Coalition to coordinate with others!

Hit the streets for NDP 2025! Raise your fists across America and unite and fight police violence and terror!

NO MORE STOLEN LIVES!
On October 22nd, WEAR BLACK, FIGHT BACK!

Contacts and List of Assembly Points for October 22, 2025

Updated 28 September 2025. Information will be posted as it is received, so check later if your area is not listed yet.
Contacts for areas with actions in previous years are included when this year's details have not yet been sent in. The swung dash (~) denotes each separate contact. Please email oct22national@gmail.com if you know of an action that is not listed below or if any corrections need to be made and to send reports of your protest!

ARIZONA

Tucson, Arizona
~ Tucson AZ Copwatch tucsoncopblock@gmail.com

ARKANSAS

Fayetteville, Arkansas
~ Hands Up NWA handsupnwa@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/HandsUpNWA

Conway, Arkansas
~ Reinvest in Conway https://www.facebook.com/ReinvestInConway

Little Rock, Arkansas
~ Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement (501) 725-1337 / apjmm2019@gmail.com / https://apjmm.org/
~ Washitaw Foothills Youth Media Arts & Literacy Collective https://www.facebook.com/WFYMALC

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

Hartford, Connecticut
~ Hartford, CT National Day of Protest to Stop Mass Incarceration https://www.facebook.com/HartfordMassIncarceration
~ aswad.thomas@uconn.edu

New Britain, Connecticut
~ Dare to Struggle CT daretostrugglect@protonmail.com / https://www.instagram.com/daretostruggle_ct / https://www.facebook.com/DareToStruggleCT

New Haven, Connecticut
~ Stop Mass Incarceration Network-Connecticut stopmassincarcerationct@gmail.com

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

~ Harriet's Wildest Dreams info@harrietsdreams.org / https://www.harrietsdreams.org / https://www.facebook.com/HarrietsDreams
~ Stop Police Terror Project DC stoppoliceterrorprojectdc@gmail.com / https://www.sptdc.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/stoppoliceterrorprojectdc/
~ Family & Friends of Incarcerated People https://www.facebook.com/FFOIP
~ The Peace House DC 202-248-4303 / https://www.facebook.com/pg/thepeacehousedc
~ Washington Ethical Society https://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-Ethical-Society/39879906039
~ White Coats 4 Black Lives https://www.facebook.com/whitecoats4blacklives/

FLORIDA

Brevard, Florida
~ Brevard Peacekeepers https://www.facebook.com/BrevardPeaceKeepers

Jacksonville, Florida
~ New Jim Crow Movement Jacksonville 904-631-1674 / jaxnewjimcrow@gmail.com

Lake Worth, Florida
~ lynnejpurvis@gmail.com (Lynne)

Miami, Florida
~ Power U Center for Social Change https://www.facebook.com/PowerU305/
~ 305-761-6843 / activist.malik@gmail.com

Palmetto, Florida
~ Black Lives Matter Grassroots Florida blmflorida33569@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/blmgrassroots.fl

Tallahassee, Florida
~ Tallahassee Community Action Committeee tallycac@gmail.com and https://www.facebook.com/tallycac

Tampa, Florida

* SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 *
5:00PM Gathering at The Freedom Center, Andrew Joseph Foundation (11213 N. Nebraska Avenue, #403)
https://www.facebook.com/events/2332727887144260
~ Andrew Joseph, III Memorial Foundation "AJ Soars" 813-562-2045 / andrewsoarsmission@gmail.com / https://andrewjosephfoundation.com and https://www.facebook.com/AndrewJosephFoundation.org
~ Bay Area Dream Defenders BayAreaDreamDefenders@gmail.com / https://beacons.ai/bayareadreamdefenders and https://www.facebook.com/BADDSquaDD and https://www.instagram.com/bayareadreamdefenders

~ Deanna Hardy-Joseph https://www.facebook.com/deanna.hardy.18

GEORGIA

Atlanta, Georgia
~ Weelaunee Coalition https://linktr.ee/weelauneecoalition

~ October 22 Coalition-Atlanta 770-861-3339
~ Stop Mass Incarceration Network-Atlanta stopmassincarcerationatl@gmail.com

HAWAII

Honolulu, Hawai'i
~ World Can't Wait Honolulu https://theworldcantwaithawaii.blogspot.com/
~ Stop Mass Incarceration Network Hawaii https://stopmassincarcerationhawaii2014.blogspot.com/

IDAHO

Boise, Idaho
~ lz120390@hotmail.com

ILLINOIS

KANSAS

Kansas City, Kansas
~ One Struggle KC https://www.facebook.com/1strugglekc

KENTUCKY

Lexington, Kentucky
~ ybwsocialjustice@gmail.com (April)

Louisville, Kentucky
~ Kentucky Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression https://www.facebook.com/groups/www.kentuckyalliance.org / 502-830-1372 (Shameka L. Parrish-Wright)
~ Louisville SURJ https://www.facebook.com/SURJLouisville/

Owensboro, Kentucky
~ Black Lives Matter Owensboro, KY Chapter

LOUISIANA

New Orleans, Louisiana
~ Families Overcoming Injustice https://www.facebook.com/Familiesovercominginjustice
~ brownfightback@gmail.com

MARYLAND

Baltimore, Maryland
~ Black Alliance for Peace https://blackallianceforpeace.com

~ Baltimore Bloc 443-928-5533 (Ameejill) / ameejill@hotmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baltimore-Bloc/436997373037153

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston, Massachusetts
~ Justice for BO 617-506-9426 / live4bo@gmail.com / https://www.live4bo.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/Justice4BO

Cambridge, Massachusetts
~ The Black Response theblackresponsecambridge@gmail.com / https://www.theblackresponsecambridge.com
~ Cambridge HEART info@cambridge-heart.org / https://www.cambridge-heart.org/

Springfield, Massachussetts
~ Arise for Social Justice 413-734-4948 / https://arisespringfield.org/ / https://www.facebook.com/ariseforsocialjustice

MICHIGAN

Grand Rapids, MI
~ Grand Rapids United Progressives https://www.facebook.com/GRPROGRESSIVES/

MINNESOTA

Duluth, Minnesota
~ Duluth Branch NAACP https://www.facebook.com/duluthnaacp

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Details TBA
~ Communities United Against Police Brutality 612-874-7867 / cuapb.mpls@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/cuapb.org/ / http://www.cuapb.org/
~ Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence / fsfapv@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/fsfapv / https://www.fsfapv.org
~ Minneapolis Justice Coalition / themjc3000@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/fighting4realchange / https://www.themjc.org
~ CAIR Minnesota 612-206-3360 / info@mn.cair.com / https://www.facebook.com/CAIR.Minnesota / http://www.cairmn.com
~ Native Lives Matter https://www.facebook.com/nativelivesmatter1
~ Racial Justice Network https://racialjusticenetwork.com

MISSOURI

Clayton, Missouri
~ Organization for Black Struggle https://www.facebook.com/obs.stl/

Ferguson, Missouri
~ 314-282-7087 / octmonthofresistance2014@gmail.com

St. Louis, Missouri
~ Coalition Against Police Crimes and Repression 314-332-1COB / capcr_cob@hotmail.com
/ https://capcr-stl.org / https://www.facebook.com/pg/CAPCRstl
~ Expect Us https://www.facebook.com/FrontLineA1
~ Progressive Jews of St. Louis https://www.facebook.com/ProJoSTL
~ 217-553-2999 / allison.anderson@wustl.edu (Allison) / saeedf@wustl.edu (Saeed)
~ 314-265-4756 / ShowMeNoHate@gmail.com

NEVADA

Las Vegas, Nevada
~ Las Vegas Police Accountability Coalition / FU4Justice@gmail.com (Nissa Tzun)
~ 678-683-8279 (Cecily) / cecilymoreland@hotmail.com

NEW JERSEY

Asbury Park, New Jersey
~ Asbury Park Demands Police Oversight https://www.facebook.com/AsburyParkDemands
~ Help not Handcuffs https://www.facebook.com/HelpnotHandcuffs
~ The Asbury Park Transformative Justice Project https://aptransformativejustice.org/

Camden, New Jersey
~ National Stop the Violence Alliance, Inc. (856) 952-6291 / info@nationalstoptheviolence.org / https://www.facebook.com/nstva1991/

Fort Lee, New Jersey
~ BLM Bergen County https://www.instagram.com/blmbergencounty/

Freehold, New Jersey
~ Justice4Amit@gmail.com

Jersey City, New Jersey
~ Justice for Drew JusticeForDrewJC@gmail.com / https://linktr.ee/JusticeForDrew

Newark, New Jersey

5:00PM Assemble at 51 Rector Street, followed by marchto the Federal Building
Flyer
~ People's Organization for Progress 973-801-0001 / info@njpop.org / https://www.facebook.com/poppicturesandvideos

Trenton, New Jersey
~ Maati Sekmet Ra of the Trenton Anti-Violence Coalition (609) 503-1996 / tavc4maati@yahoo.com / https://www.facebook.com/TAVC2020

Union County, New Jersey
~ 973-801-0001

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque, New Mexico
~ October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality-Albuquerque 505-934-2259 (Dyna) / vargagirl@live.com / https://www.facebook.com/pages/October-22-Coalition-to-Stop-Police-Brutality-Albuquerque/417594535009220

Santa Fe, New Mexico
~ concernedcitizens4publicsafety@gmail.com

Taos, New Mexico
~ Dare to Struggle NM https://www.instagram.com/daretostruggle_nm

NEW YORK

Albany, New York
~ 518-461-5702 / cdonnaruma@hotmail.com

Buffalo, New York
~ Buffalo Anti-Racism Coalition https://buffaloantiracismcoalition.wordpress.com / https://www.facebook.com/BuffaloARC
~ 716-587-1570 (Lewuga) / lewugabe@buffalo.edu

New York, New York

5:00PM Rally at Marcus Garvey Park (Madison Avenue & E. 124th Street)
Flyer
~ Dare to Struggle daretostrugglenyc@protonmail.com / https://daretostruggle.org

~ October 22 Coalition-New York https://www.facebook.com/O22coalition
~ Spirit of Mandela spiritofmandela1@gmail.com / https://spiritofmandela.org
~ Peoples' Senate PSNortheast@proton.me / https://spiritofmandela.org/intro-peoples-senate
~ Students Together Against Institutional Racism studentstogetherair@gmail.com / https://linktr.ee/studentstair
~ Carolyn Lopez, mother of Carlos Lopez, Jr. email
~ P.I.T. https://www.propertyistheft.org
~ Black Voices Matter NYC https://www.instagram.com/blackvoicesmatternyc
~ For Our Liberation https://www.instagram.com/forourliberation
~ Stop Mass Incarceration Network-New York 347-979-7646 / stopmassincarceration@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/stopmassincarcerationnetwork
~ takingastand@gmail.com

Potsdam, New York
~ Jennifer Baxtron https://www.facebook.com/jen.thomasbidwell

Setauket, New York
~ Jordan Michael https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013929880713

Southold, New York
~ First Universalist Church of Southold 631-765-3494 / https://www.facebook.com/UUSouthold

White Plains, New York
~ davis.darrell2@gmail.com

Yonkers, New York
~ Northwest Yonkers Neighbors for Black Lives Matter https://www.facebook.com/groups/290793685409422/

NORTH CAROLINA

Durham, North Carolina
~ Liberty and Justice for Carlos Riley, Jr. https://www.facebook.com/LibertyAndJusticeForCarlosRileyJr

Greensboro, North Carolina

Campus awareness outreach. Contact to get involved!
~ Triad Area NC October 22 Coalition https://www.facebook.com/GsoOctober22ndCoalition/ or https://www.instagram.com/triadnc_o22

OHIO

Akron, Ohio
~ October 22 Coalition-Akron october22akron@yahoo.com

Cincinnati, Ohio
~ Showing Up for Racial Justice Ohio - SURJ Ohio https://www.facebook.com/SURJOHIO/
~ Operation Change Cincy https://www.facebook.com/OPCCNOW
~ SURJ NEO - Showing Up for Racial Justice Northeast Ohio https://www.facebook.com/surjneo

Cleveland, Ohio
~ October 22 Coalition-Cleveland (216) 410-6762 mrbadscorpio@hotmail.com (Art Blakey)

~ Right the Record righttherecord.cle@gmail.com / https://linktr.ee/righttherecord
~ Black Lives Matter Cleveland blacklivesmatter216@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/1BLMCLe216

Columbus, Ohio
~ Ohio Families Unite for Political Action and Change https://www.ofupac.org/

~ Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality ofuapolicebrutality@gmail.com / https://www.ofuapolicebrutality.com
~ James Jones, Jr. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000188793936
~ Black Queer & Intersectional Columbus blackqueercolumbus@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/blackqueercolumbus

Dayton, Ohio
~ Stop Mass Incarceration Network-Miami Valley, Ohio 937-999-9379 / stopmassincarcerationdayton@gmail.com

North Royalton, Ohio
~ Jun Wang Justice (Don Bryant 216-220-7160) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079874412199 and https://junwangfoundation.org

Stow, Ohio
~ October 22 Coalition-Akron october22akron@yahoo.com

OKLAHOMA

Tulsa, Oklahoma
~ Aware Tulsa https://www.facebook.com/awaretulsa

OREGON

Portland, Oregon
~ Stand On Every Corner PDX https://www.facebook.com/standoneverycornerpdx
~ Don't Shoot Portland https://www.facebook.com/DontShootPDX

PENNSYLVANIA

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
~ Freedom Fighters https://www.facebook.com/Freedom-fighters-102391011571087/

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
~ YouthFour Unity https://www.facebook.com/youthfour.unity

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
~ Party for Socialism and Liberation-Philly (215) 436-8164 / philly@pslweb.org / https://www.facebook.com/pslphilly
~ Philly ABC https://www.facebook.com/PhillyABC
~ Philly Coalition for REAL Justice 267-544-7671 / phillyforrealjustice@gmail.com / https://phillyrealjustice.tumblr.com / https://www.facebook.com/PhillyforREALjustice
~ 215-724-1618 / phillyIAC@gmail.com

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
~ October 22 Coalition-Pittsburgh taylor.celeste@gmail.com (Celeste Taylor) / reneelovep@yahoo.com (Renee Wilson) / 412-628-5849 Brandifisher33@gmail.com (Brandi)

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
~ hillberry2001@yahoo.com (Kay) / https://www.facebook.com/UnitarianUniversalistFellowshipOfThePoconos

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston, South Carolina
~ C.O.P.S. Caused our Pain and Suffering c.o.p.s.causedourpainandsuffering@gmail.com

Columbia, South Carolina
~ The National Racial Justice Network 864-230-3292 (Candace Brewer 864-360-6391) / nationalracialjusticenetwork@gmail.com / https://www.racialjusticenetwork.org or https://www.facebook.com/NationalRJN

Greenville, South Carolina

6:00PM Rally at Greenville County Courthouse Courthouse (305 East North Street), followed by Justice-Memorial Walk to Greenville Law Enforcement Center (4 McGee Street)
~ GVL Grassroots Human Rights Coalition
~ Malcolm X Center for Self Determination mxcentergvl@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/MXCenterforSelfDetermination
~ October 22 Upstate, SC Coalition to Stop Police Brutality 864-901-8627 / october22upstatesc@gmail.com or mxcentergvl@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/October-22-Upstatesc-Coalition-to-Stop-Police-Brutality-1195162467216609
~ Upstate Black Lives Matter 864-901-8627 / blacklivesmatterupstate01@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/upstateblm
~ Upstate Food Not Bombs https://www.facebook.com/UpstateFoodNotBombs

~ The National Racial Justice Network 864-230-3292 (Candace Brewer 864-360-6391) / southcarolinachapterofpost@gmail.com / https://www.racialjusticenetwork.org or https://www.facebook.com/NationalRJN

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga, Tennessee
~ Chattanooga Weelaunee Defense Society https://linktr.ee/weelauneedefense_chatt and https://www.instagram.com/weelauneedefense_chatt
~ Concerned Citizens for Justice 423-401-8893 / concernedcitizensforjustice@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/concernedcitizensforjustice

Memphis, Tennessee
~ Memphis United https://www.facebook.com/MemphisUnited

TEXAS

UTAH

Salt Lake City, Utah
~ Utah Against Police Brutality https://www.facebook.com/UtahAgainstPoliceBrutality
~ Utah Against Police Brutality utahfightbacknews@gmail.com

VIRGINIA

Christiansburg, Virginia
~ Coalition for Justice

Richmond, Virginia
~ duronchavis@gmail.com

Stafford, Virginia
~ Stafford Copblock https://www.facebook.com/staffordcopblock

WASHINGTON

Seattle, Washington
~ October 22 Coalition To Stop Police Brutality-Seattle oct22seattle@hotmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/pages/October-22-Coalition-To-Stop-Police-Brutality-Seattle/168280703224023
~ bsu.garfieldhs@gmail.com

Tacoma, Washington
~ Lawyers Against Systemic Racism https://www.facebook.com/LASRWA/
~ The People's Assembly https://www.facebook.com/ThePeoplesAssembly253/

WISCONSIN

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
~ ACLU of Wisconsin https://www.facebook.com/ACLUofWi/

SOLIDARITY ACTIONS

AUSTRALIA

Adelaide
~ Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance https://www.facebook.com/WARcollective/

CANADA

Montreal
~ Justice for Victims of Police Killings 514-848-7583 / 22oct-mtl@gmail.com / https://22octobre.wordpress.com/ / https://www.facebook.com/justiceforvictimsofpolicekillings

Ottawa
~ Defund 604 Network martinmarta98@yahoo.ca (Marth Martin) / defund604@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/defund604network
~ Justice for Jared https://www.justiceforjared.org/
~ Laura Holland https://www.facebook.com/laura.holland.754
~ Families of Sisters in Spirit familiesofsistersinspirit@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/fsismmiwg2s

Vancouver
~ Defund 604 Network defund604@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/defund604network
~ Pivot Legal Society https://www.pivotlegal.org / https://www.facebook.com/PivotLegalSociety / https://twitter.com/pivotlegal

If you would like to donate financially to the Coalition or the Stolen Lives Project, please consider purchasing any or all of the 2011 Voices Against Police Brutality Ch. 1: The National Mixtape, which can be accessed/downloaded at the O22 Bandcamp page. You can contribute any amount through the Bandcamp page. Please ignore the inaccurate contact information on the page!

If you would like a copy of the Voices Against Police Brutality chapbook, please email oct22national@gmail.com