Tell Stonegate "Don't Host Hate"

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Chicago Action Alert: Tell Stonegate "Don't Host Hate"


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A notorious Islamophobe is teaming up with arms dealers at ITOA, a Chicago-area SWAT gathering. Let's tell its host, Stonegate: "Don't Host Hate!"

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This week, the Illinois Tactical Officers Association Conference (ITOA) is profiting off a growing culture of fear. ITOA's keynote speaker is anti-Muslim bigot and Fox News regular Dr. Sebastian Gorka, a self-proclaimed counterterrorism expert who has advised the CIA as well as Trump's campaign. ITOA has historically collaborated with the brutal Chicago PD and Cook County Department of Homeland Security for tactical trainings.

SIGN NOW: Demand Stonegate not host ITOA (http://www.warresisters.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=985&qid=502298)

ITOA's impact reaches far beyond Chicagoland. With police departments and DHS agents from around the country, ITOA sets a precedent for police militarization nationally. Just as these SWAT trainings are national, so is our growing movement! From the Bay Area to upstate NY, coalitions demand resources be put towards community needs, not fear profiteers and weapons dealers. Stand with us to Fund Peace, Not Police! (http://www.warresisters.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=989&qid=502298)

ITOA's 29th annual conference is set for October 9–13th at the Stonegate Conference and Banquet Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. By hosting ITOA, Stonegate enables racism and repression, partnering with companies like Safariland, ITOA's central sponsor, and maker of tear gas canisters that have harmed millions around the world.

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SIGN NOW: Demand Stonegate not host ITOA! (http://www.warresisters.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=985&qid=502298)

Even more disturbing, Charles Baptist, Stonegate's General Manager, refused to take action regarding the venue's complicity in housing a hyper-militarized conference rampant with Islamophobia. Instead, Baptist suggested that profits would be placed over community concern and safety. "If David Duke wanted to throw a birthday party here," he told CAIR-Chicago in a recent meeting, "why would I say no?"


In the face of opposition, we need your support to stop ITOA and end police militarization. We've raised nearly a quarter of our $5,000 goal.

We need you. Help fund activists' travel to Chicago by pitching in $18 today! (http://www.warresisters.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=989&qid=502298)

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[ACTION ALERT] Call Stonegate Now to #StopITOA


Hello Friends,

Last week, activists chained themselves together across Michigan Ave, disrupting business as usual in downtown Chicago for an hour and a half. The #StopITOA (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/stopitoa?source=feed_text&story_id=620508018131389) coalition, a group of Chicago community organizations, expressed deep concerns about anti-Muslim and hyper-militarized Illinois Tactical Officers Association's (ITOA) 2016 Tactical Training Conference taking place at the Stonegate Conference and Banquet Center in Hoffman Estates from October 9-13. #StopITOA Coalition demands an end to the police militarization, Islamophobia and Donald Trump-style fear-mongering which ITOA promotes.

We are ready to fight even harder. Join us in taking 3 minutes to call Charles Baptist, Manager of the Stonegate Conference & Banquet Centre.

Ask to speak with Charles Baptist or leave him a voicemail.

Sample script:

“My name is [name] from [city] and I am appalled that the 2016 “Illinois Tactical Officers Association” took place at the Stonegate Conference & Banquet Centre this week. I am asking you to stand on the side of the communities that face police militarization and Islamophobic violence every day. Please make the Stonegate Banquet & Conference Centre a safe place for all communities and stop hosting ITOA there! If you don’t publically apologize for hosting the ITOA conference, I will not use any Stonegate facilities, and will tell others not to as well, until you side with communities over state repression!”

Charles Baptist direct line
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General Line
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Check out coverage from our action-day, including press release (https://www.warresisters.org/press-release-activists-lockdown-chicago-streets-denounce-islamophobic-hyper-militarized-swat), a video update (https://www.facebook.com/forthepeoplecollective/videos/vb.493163784199147/620508018131389/?type=3&theater), and this article (http://chicagoist.com/2016/10/10/activists_shut_down_michigan_ave_po.php).

In struggle,

Black Lives Matter Chicago and the #StopITOA Coalition

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