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Honoring and thanking Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad, on the occasion of Pride Month, for their work organizing and supporting Black, Queer, Transgender, and HIV positive (poz) Philadelphians.
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WHEREAS, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad is a native of West Philadelphia, and continues to honor their roots and the city of Philadelphia through ancestral work; and
WHEREAS, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad was a founding member of the Black & Brown Workers Cooperative, formed in February 2016. The Black & Brown Workers Cooperative is a direct action-focused collective, whose mission is to actively challenge, resist and dismantle systems of oppression that adversely impact the Black and Brown worker. During their time with the Black & Brown Workers Cooperative, Abdul-Aliy led numerous direct actions, supported the organizing of employees at area non-profits, and facilitated anti-oppression trainings, and other workshops aimed at bringing equity to workplace culture. While with the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative, Abdul-Aliy coined the phrase #DisappearingBlackness to bring awareness to displacement politics that are being used to rapidly gentrify Philadelphia and push out Black citizens; and
WHEREAS, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad, in an act of refusal, began a medication strike entitled Declining HAART in protest of abusive workplace conditions, and sexual violence against staff and patients of a local non-profit. In Abdul-Aliy's own words, "As a Black Queer Poz person, I have to resist, fight for my humanity and others all while trying to survive and not die from unwavering targets on my back. In the U.S. and globally there are penalties for Blackness. As someone who is dark-skinned, Muslim-raised, positive, and queer, I don't know any other experience than resistance"; and
WHEREAS, Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad has been a source of support and care for the family of Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, uplifting her legacy and giving direct support to her mother, Terri Ann Edmonds; and
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