Radical Elders in Action

We ain’t done yet!

Hands Off Venezuela • August 17, 2024

Radical Elders joined the rally held on Saturday August 17, 2024 in support of  Venezuela’s sovereignty and democracy against the imperialist assault. The group met inside and then outside Fox TV headquarters (NewsCorp) at 1211 6th Ave) at 11 a.m. 


National Day of Mourning • July 28, 2024

On July 6, 2024, Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36 year-old Black mother of two, who called 911 for assistance, was shot in the face and killed by a Sangamon County deputy sheriff in her home in downtown Springfield, Illinois.

Sean Grayson, a white police officer, shot Massey in the face three times when he killed her. He has been fired from his job and charged with murder. It has been revealed that he held jobs with five other police departments in the last four years.

This protest, this past Sunday was sponsored by the People’s Organization For Progress (POP) and co-sponsored by the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) Study Group, Newark Communities for Accountable Policing, All Politics Are Local, Newark Anti-Violence Coalition and other groups.

We had a good, powerful gathering and we shut down the usually busy Newark intersection at Broad and Market for something like 45mins to an hour. Justice for Sonya Massey! Stop Police Brutality! POWER TO THE PEOPLE! 

Summer of Heat

Wall Street, Stop Funding Death! • July 15 – 13, 2024

Elders Week! • July 8 – 13, 2024

We have been at a number of Summer of Heat events, not just during Elders Week, but all summer long! Join Stop the Money Pipeline, New York Communities for Change, Third Act, and more to be sure that Citigroup gets the message: stop funding fossil fuels!

Radical Elders (including Ana Juarbe, Ted Glick and Angel Roman) joined Climate activists from the elder group Third Act who held a mock-funeral in front of Citibank’s headquarters in Manhattan to protest the climate crisis on Monday, July 8.

Third Act  said it was “demanding that #WallStreet​ banks and financiers stop using our hard-earned retirement savings to fund the #climatecrisis​,” calling Citibank “the world’s biggest funder of fossil fuel expansion.”

Lnk to Footage below taken by New York Communities for Change


Newark Rebellion Anniversary • July 12, 2024

RE Kevin Norton and his comrade Ren represented Northern NJ DSA at the commemoration march and rally that started at the Rebellion Memorial at 250 Springfield Ave. Larry Hamm read off the names on the memorial (26, but disputed), and theh the group marched to the old police precinct at 17th Ave (now the Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery). 

Take Back Tech Conference • June 21–23, 2024

Radical Elders leaders Ana Juarbe, Maritza Arrastia, Alfredo Lopez, Makani Themba and Angel Roman (left to right) led the RE workshop at the Take Back Tech conference.

The June 21 – 23 Take Back Tech II conference in Chicago — sponsored by Mijente and Media Justice — drew over 400 activists. Radical Elders was there with a highly successful and well-attended workshop.


Supporting Columbia Students • April 30, 2024

Group of elders march with our red Radical Elders banner.

A delegation of some 20 members of Radical Elders assembled at the main gate to Columbia University at 12 noon on April 30th at 116th Street and Broadway. We remained for several hours after making a statement in support of the students inside the University’s locked-down main quad.