The Silent War

THE SILENT WAR IN ASSOCIATION WITH SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION PRESENT

A FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING OF:

CRIPS AND BLOODS: MADE IN AMERICA

SATURDAY - JUNE 6, 2009
RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER - LATE NIGHT
8825 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH, 98118
9PM

FRIDAY - JUNE 12TH, 2009
SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY CENTER - TLC - LATE NIGHT
2801 SW THISTLE STREET, 98126
9PM

WEDNESDAY - JUNE 17TH, 2009
LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
104 17TH AVENUE SOUTH, 98144
8PM

SCREENINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. COMMUNITY YOUTH WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY SEATING.

FOR LARGER GROUPS, YOUTH WORKERS, AND/OR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
SPEAKUP@THESILENTWAR.ORG OR JERON.GATES@SEATTLE.GOV

Silent War mentioned in Danny Westneat's column in the Seattle Times.

Click here to read the article.

Silent War Partner - Chukundi Salisbury was featured on KUOW's Weekday Program.

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'No snitching' code under fire
'If you witness a murder, you should tell somebody'
Read article in Seattle P.I. Online here

Funeral Service for Tyrone Love will be held on:

WENDESDAY, FEBRUARY 25TH, 2009

MADRONA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

832 32ND AVE, SEATTLE, WA 98122

10:00 AM

Donations for the Funeral Expense and Family can be made at any Washington Branch of:

BANK OF AMERICA

under the name:

BENEVOLENT ACCOUNT FOR TYRONE LOVE

Tyrone Love was killed early Monday morning after the Red and Black Party.
There is a makeshift Memorial on 26th and Cherry

He will be missed.

WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL NOT LET KILLERS LIVE AMOUNG US!! CALL THE S.P.D. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING - 206.684.5567

Here is link to Seattle Times Story:

Music promoter, 26, killed in Central Area shooting
A 26-year-old music promoter died after being shot several times on a Central Area street early this morning, about 40 minutes after he and his business partners had hosted a successful President's Day party at the Crimson C nightclub in Seattle.

Download the full size poster at the links below:

Click Here to download the Full Color Poster

Click Here to download the Black & White Poster

Breaking the Silence on Black on Black Violence

The Silent War Campaign is a program in Seattle that seeks to address the issue of ongoing violence in the African American community. Reverend Harriet Walden is the National Director. The organization has been in existence for 8 years.

The Silent War Campaign is developing an organized response to not only the recent murders but to so many deaths that have occurred as a result of African Americans killing each other. Since 1979, there have been over 280 black-on-black homicides in Seattle. Nationally, blacks were six times more likely to be murdered than whites between 1976 and 2000, and seven times more likely than whites to commit murder. Most striking of all, 94 percent of black victims were killed by other blacks Read More...