We Got Us: Community Defense in Practice
This event was hosted by the Black Mothers March Steering Committee.
On April 29, 2026, we hosted the last of our three-part Black Mothers March virtual event series: We Got Us! Community Defense in Practice. We learned from comrades who are practicing community defense every day, from direct action, to court watch, to judicial conduct complaints, to abolitionist birth work, to “Family as Family” biographies, and on:
Amanda Wallace, Operation Stop CPS
Minister BeKura W. Mainoo, The Injustice Reform Network (Coalition for Families Against Child Separation)
BobbieEbony Butts, Equity Justice Consulting
Tamara Robertson, For Mamas, By Mamas
Yejide Orunmila, African National Women's Organization