Mutual Aid for Veteran Black Panther Party Members

<a href="https://ibb.co/mtxryDr" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/7V9xpYx/Copy-of-SHOW-SUB-HEADINGS.png" title=""></a> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/34TySMd/bpp-mutual-aid.png" title=""> Thank you for supporting the Veteran Black Panther Party Mutual Aid Fund, powered by Community Movement Builders. History &amp; Why We Started This: Over 50 years ago The Black Panther Party was formed. The organization represented the model for revolutionary Black politics and organizations for multiple generations. Today, social justice movements, organizers and activists continue to study and model their activities, identity and ideology after the Panthers. The political and cultural impact of The Black Panther Party has even inspired Hollywood and pop culture icons to appropriate their image and style for profit. There is a disconnect between how entertainment culture portrays the Panthers and their fight to win political, social and economic self-determination and power for the Black community. The Panthers are more popular now than at any point in their history. Yet&nbsp;many of the individuals who formed the Black Panther Party are now struggling to take care of their most basic needs. From medical care, to rent, to buying groceries and just enjoying everyday life pleasures, it is a struggle for all but a prominent few.&nbsp;As others hold up the image and style of the Black Panther Party and benefit financially, many of the Panthers who defended our right to "food, clothes and shelter" are now unable to provide that for themselves. There is no retirement plan for Black revolutionaries. The Panthers were dedicated freedom fighters of the Black liberation struggle. Their reward for their dedication was prison, government surveillance, exile, and frequently death. In their most active period, the Panthers were vilified by the media and targeted for destruction by the US government’s FBI-led COINTELPRO operations. Today those who remain both in and out of prison&nbsp;need our support. The cooptation of the Panther image cannot be ignored, as the very people who sacrificed so much are forgotten by us. That should not be part of our liberation struggle. With your support, we can show that the movement takes care of its "veterans" and provides support and benefits for those who laid a path that many continue to be inspired by. Powered By&nbsp;<a href="http://www.communitymovementbuilders.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Community Movement Builders</a>.

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