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Know Your Rights Camp App Available on IOS and Google Play Download The KYRC App Today The Know Your Rights Camp App is an essential resource for navigating the unjust system of traffic laws and policing in your area. You deserve to Know Your Rights. Get ready to Know Your Rights and have 100% access to an essential resource for navigating the unjust system of traffic laws and policing in your area that includes: Resources to navigate oppressive systems that affect countless communities. KYRC Updates Podcasts Education Events News Know Your Rights Camp is advancing the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass mobilization, and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.

HOW TO SUPPORT ​ Know Your Rights Camp is advancing the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass mobilization, and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders. ​ WAYS TO DONATE ONLINE : Choose to make a one-time donation or a monthly donation at the button below. ​ BY TEXT : Text 'KYRC' to 50555 to donate $10. All standard carrier fees and text message charges apply. CHECK BY MAIL : Entertainment Industry Foundation c/o KYRC - Know Your Rights Camp 10880 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400 Los Angeles, CA 90024 DONATE

Autopsy Initiative Free Autopsies for Police-Related Deaths The objective of the Autopsy Initiative (“Initiative”) is to provide a second autopsy free-of-charge for victims’ families who have lost their loved ones due to a police-related death. The services offered through the Initiative include the completion of a second autopsy, disclosure of preliminary findings, and issuance of the final autopsy report. ​ A police-related death occurs when an individual is harmed by police officers while using deadly force which results in the individual’s death. A police-related death includes in-custody deaths. In-custody deaths include deaths that arise during contact with law enforcement officers during arrest, pursuit, booking, transport, or incarceration. Therefore, pre-custody deaths are included within in-custody deaths. Request Form ​ Our Initiative includes a team of board-certified pathologists. Our board-certified pathologists will work objectively, efficiently and, diligently while relying on established forensic principles when conducting the second autopsy. Our pathologists will actively seek the truth to provide the victims' families with the most medically sound cause of death. ​ The Autopsy Request may be completed by anyone with a close relationship with the victim, which may include the victim’s spouse, partner, relative, close friend, or lawyer. However, only the victim’s legal representative and/or other authorized individuals can legally authorize the autopsy. ​ ​ Autopsy Request Form If the victim was involved in a police-related death and you have a close relationship with the victim (ex. relative, spouse, partner, close friend, or lawyer) and would like to request an autopsy on the victim's behalf please complete the information below. Request Form BACKGROUND An autopsy is conducted by a forensic pathologist to determine the victim’s cause of death. Therefore, autopsies reveal critical information including observations and findings indicating the manner in which a victim died. The victim’s first autopsy is conducted by the coroner or medical examiner in the state where the death occurred. When a police-related death is involved, various concerns may arise including the reliability of the first autopsy conducted, the objectivity of the autopsy, the risk of manipulation of evidence, potential bias on behalf of the coroner or medical examiner, or use of faulty forensic procedures. ​ The Initiative is aware that losing a family member due to police-related death is a tragic and heartbreaking experience. The Initiative seeks to be a resource to victims’ family members by providing confidence in the forensic procedures and comfort in knowing the pathologists will conduct the autopsy with neutrality. Our board-certified pathologists are highly experienced and respected in their field and dedicated to uncovering the truth about the victim’s cause of death. We are committed to providing quality services and appreciate your continued support throughout this initiative. If you would like to donate to our cause to continue to advance our mission, your generosity will be greatly appreciated. DONATE

ATLANTA, GEORGIA OCTOBER 19, 2019 Held in downtown Atlanta on October 19, 2019, our eighth Know Your Rights Camp served over 450 youth. Speakers included Dr. Ameer Loggins, writer & professor; civil rights attorney, Benjamin Crump; health and wellness professional, Jasmine Simone; tech and coding entrepreneur, Antoine Patton; financial literacy advocates, Natasha Abellard & Anthony Copeman; and educator, Krystina Ticehurst. We also partnered with artists Yuzly, Yungai, C Flux Sing, Goldi, and JR Outlaw on our Atlanta Resource Guide. SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN LOAD MORE RESOURCE GUIDE Legal Resources Community Health Tech Websites Financial Resources Mastering the ACT and SAT VIEW RESOURCE GUIDE

HOUSTON, TEXAS DECEMBER 9, 2023 We've recently completed our 11th camp at the Legacy School of Sports Sciences in Houston. At the heart of our mission to uplift Black and Brown communities, KYRC tirelessly works to educate, empower, and mobilize the emerging generation of change leaders. ​ From Oakland to Amsterdam, our commitment spans borders, bringing together children of color for a day filled with education, fellowship, support, and love. Our recent Houston event was a testament to this dedication, offering valuable insights into history, tech careers, legal rights, mental health support, and more. As we nourished minds with knowledge and inspiration, we witnessed the receptive nature of every child present, solidifying our belief that they are the future global change makers. ​ Our heartfelt gratitude extends to our visionary co-founders, Colin & Nessa, the KYRC staff and volunteer team, and our incredible presenters who covered topics ranging from history and legal rights to tech and mental health. The journey continues, and we invite you to watch our YouTube recap video. ​ Where should the next KYRC location be? Let us know as we continue to pave the way for a brighter, more empowered tomorrow. SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN RESOURCE GUIDE Legal Resources Mental Health Resources Education Resources Tech Resources Financial Resources VIEW RESOURCE GUIDE

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA APRIL 23, 2022 We can’t describe how incredible it felt to host our first in-person camp since the start of the pandemic. We’re grateful to everyone at the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) for their kindness and hospitality in hosting us on Saturday, April 23 in Las Vegas. Building with youth and community leaders in last weekend/yesterday inspires us to continue to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities by elevating the next generation of change leaders. Our day was filled with joy, learning, imagination, fun and community-building. We shared a lot of laughs and built solidarity while learning about local histories, our legal rights, mental and holistic health, education, finance, tech, and the power of art to create the world we want. We can’t wait to stay in touch with this powerful group of young people! Thanks to our co-founders, Colin & Nessa, and the entire KYRC team! Extra special thanks to our brilliant presenters at KYRC Las Vegas: Claytee White (history), Nicole Martin, Iman McAllister, Céline Aka, Anthony Johnson (legal), Brandon BMIKE Odums, Anne-Marie Boseman, Carter Maberry (art), Dr. Milo Dodson (mental health), Kevin Butler, Perry Irving, James Green (tech), Jasmine Simone (health), Caleb Dawkins (finance), and Sean Tory (education)! SEE YOUR PHOTOS WITH COLIN LOAD MORE RESOURCE GUIDE Legal Resources Mental Health Resources Education Resources Tech Resources Financial Resources VIEW RESOURCE GUIDE

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PAPER MAGAZINE AUGUST 20, 2019 Interviews Curated by Colin Kaepernick Photography by Shawn Theodore Introductions by KYRC members: Miabelle Bocicault, Dr. Ameer Hasan Loggins, Dr. Christopher Petrella On October 15, 1966, Oakland-based activists Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton drafted a roadmap to Black freedom. Originally known as the Black Panther Party's Ten-Point Platform and Program, the document articulated 10 demands and 10 beliefs that formed the basis of the organization. "Black people will not be free until we are able to determine our destiny," wrote Seale and Newton. Among the Panthers' demands were an "education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present-day society" and "an immediate end to police brutality and the murder of Black people." "That was over 50 years ago. And what has changed?" Colin Kaepernick asks. "Oscar Grant, Rekia Boyd, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice. What has changed? Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray. The Panthers' demands are still alive today because the police are still killing us today." SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE EXONERATED 5 Thirty years ago, when Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam were teenagers, their right to be free was unjustly ripped away from them. Painted as blood-thirsty criminals and sentenced to prison after being coerced by corrupt law enforcement into making false confessions for a rape they did not commit, the five men were ultimately exonerated in 2002. Now, when you see them, you see the faces of free men. No longer are they forced to wear the lies that ruined their lives. No longer should they be known as the Central Park Five — forevermore they are known as the Exonerated Five. The truth has absolved them from the horrors of Central Park and 1989, and new generations are learning their story, thanks to Ava DuVernay's powerful Netflix miniseries, When They See Us. Today, Antron, Kevin, Raymond, Korey and Yusef are five free men committed to fighting against a legal system that robbed them of their right to be free. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEALTHY TARAJI P. HENSON Many were introduced to Taraji P. Henson's concerns about the mental health crisis in the Black community when the actress spoke in front of the Congressional Black Caucus this past June. A year earlier, Henson had founded the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, a non-profit named after her late father, who struggled with mental illness in the wake of his service in the War in Vietnam. The organization's mission is to lend a healing hand in helping the Black community tackle mental health issues, including ending the stigma and raising awareness of how systemic oppression can lead to issues like anxiety and depression (and dealing with the damaging double-demonization of being both Black and struggling with mental illness). SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE BRILLIANT DR. ANGELA DAVIS Dr. Angela Davis' brilliance is politics in motion. Active in the struggle for Black liberation for over 50 years, Dr. Davis has pursued racial justice whatever the cost. From prison abolition to Black feminist theory to cultural critique to LGBTQ advocacy, she has championed the notion that a world of full human flourishing is worth pursuing. Dr. Davis blends theory and practice to live out her values in real time. Formerly on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list in October 1970 for her political activism, and subject of then-California Governor Ronald Reagan's campaign to prevent her from teaching in the state university system, Davis is now a Distinguished Professor Emerita in U.C. Santa Cruz's History of Consciousness Department. The author of nine books and scores of articles, she also lectures regularly across the world. Throughout her career, Dr. Davis has used her intellectual acumen, voice and scholarship to uplift the brilliance of Black people across the diaspora. Dr. Davis represents the right to theorize the world in order to change it and the right to demand answers from the powerful to inconvenient questions in the present. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE TARANA BURKE As the founder of the #MeToo movement, Tarana Burke has given a voice to the underrepresented and started a global conversation on sexual abuse, harassment and assault against women that has increased the world's awareness of these issues and justice for its victims. And, as a survivor of sexual assault, Burke has used her own experiences to address tragedies that are typically buried in shame and humiliation and created a safe haven for women all over the world to come forward and do the same. But her fight for the lives of those who have suffered sexual violence did not begin with a hashtag in 2017 nor the Me Too mantra she first coined in 2006. Her activism and advocacy are rooted in the decades she has spent fighting systemic and structural forces that have contributed to racial and gender inequality and the creation of broken communities. It is work focused on bulldozing the building blocks of sexual terrorism: power and privilege. With each speech, each tweet, each personal interaction, Tarana Burke is fighting to let them know that you have a right to be safe. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE LOVED NESSA Nessa — co-founder of the Know Your Rights Camp — embodies the spirit of Ubuntu, a term from the Nguni Bantu people of southern Africa often translated as "I am because we are." Her "humanity toward others" philosophy exemplifies the idea of service grounded in empathy and love. Whether using her platforms on NBC, MTV and HOT 97 to challenge the racial status quo or starting the Nessa On Air Scholarship Program at the Lower Eastside Girls Club, where she also pours her heart into the young women participating in their Center for Media and Social Justice, Nessa's life, work and commitment to the struggle show that the right to be loved reflects the right to thrive on one's own terms and the imperative to lift as one climbs. Simply put, to love is to liberate. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE COURAGEOUS ERIC REID The great poet Maya Angelou once said that "Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently." Unwavering. Unrelenting. Unflinching. Unapologetic. Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid is the living embodiment of courage. Understanding that courage isn't merely something someone has but something that someone does, Reid's commitment to the lives of Black people and their ability to thrive has been unshakeable. While on the San Francisco 49ers, he was the first professional athlete to join with teammate Colin Kaepernick in his protest. His representation of the right to be courageous serves as a reminder that courage is active and kinetic, premised on the power of conviction and the indefatigable urge to live a principled life by design, not merely by default. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ALIVE INDYA MOORE In the midst of their thrilling rise in entertainment and fashion, model and Pose star Indya Moore hasn't wavered in their mission to protect the Black and Brown transgender community living under constant attack. In 2018, there were at least 26 confirmed cases of trans women killed in violent encounters, and so far this year, there have already been at least 12 women who have lost their lives. The vast majority of those killed are Black. Moore's activism — and the epidemic of homicides they are fighting against — embodies the intersectional nature of combating systemic oppression and the necessity of believing that everyone has the right to be alive and exist in their fullest form without any detriment, targeting or backlash. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE TRUSTED AVA DUVERNAY Throughout her career, Ava DuVernay has pursued projects that testify to the cohesive power of art and activism. Her work has covered everything from the civil rights struggles in Selma, in Selma, to the ways hypocrisy in the United States Constitution keeps slavery alive in the prison-industrial complex, in 13th. More recently, DuVernay's directorial work on the Emmy-nominated Netflix miniseries When They See Us is the personification of truth to power being executed, as it aided in the exoneration of five innocent Black and Brown men in the court of public opinion. A thread of righteousness runs throughout DuVernay's art of storytelling — that those who have been oppressed and ostracized have the right to be vindicated. That they have the right to be defended. That they have the right to be trusted. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE EDUCATED YARA SHAHIDI Yara Shahidi's presence on- and off-screen challenges many of the social stigmas stamped on the backs of young Black people. Off-screen, her efforts to engage with, inform and activate people in her peer group positions Shahidi as a paragon of the idea of "youth empowering the youth" to defeat poverty through education. It's a vision echoed in Yara's Club, her partnership with the Young Women's Leadership School that brings high school students together to discuss social issues and how to take action. On-screen in Black-ish, and its spinoff, Grown-ish, Shahidi has been one of the only actors of color that Black girls can turn to when they want to see themselves on television, much less on a television series set on a college campus. Whether it be the halls of Harvard University (where Shahidi is currently enrolled) or at the fictional Cal U as Zoey Johnson on the small screen, the 19-year-old Shahidi represents the possibility of accessing academia for many who have been told that they don't have the right to be educated. SEE FULL ARTICLE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS BRYAN STEVENSON Countless court cases, stop-and-frisk police procedures and the disproportionate number of Black and Brown people incarcerated in the US all speak to a legal system that is infested with inequality and racial bias. Bryan Stevenson's work as a lawyer and as the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) concentrates on combating racist injustices in our legal system and economic inequality in the United States. He has represented capital defendants and individuals on death row since 1985 and made history with Supreme Court rulings that changed the sentencing spectrum for juveniles convicted of non-homicide offenses. Through this work, he fights for Black and Brown people to know that their inalienable right — the right to know their rights — is foundational to their humanity. SEE FULL ARTICLE

DONATE OUR MISSION Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders. WATCH HOW IT STARTED OUR IMPACT 3,122 ENGAGED IN 10 CITIES 274% INCREASE IN PARTICIPANTS 98% INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR RIGHTS RECENT CAMPS Camp Recap Camp Recap Camp Recap Camp Recap Camp Recap SEE ALL CAMPS We Are Free, You & Me By: Colin Kaepernick & Nessa Diab Illustrated by: Gladys Jose We have some amazing news for you. Our founders, Colin and Nessa in partnership with Scholastic, announced plans to publish the picture book We Are Free, You & Me in the US and Canada on October 1, 2024. Authored by Colin and Nessa, with illustrations by Gladys Jose, We Are Free, You & Me is a lyrical affirmation of what freedom truly means—and celebrates the principles of Colin and Nessa's Know Your Rights Camp, an international movement that has inspired thousands of young people to rejoice in their inherent goodness. Kaepernick and Diab will donate 100% of their proceeds from the book to Know Your Rights Camp. Read More Download The KYRC App Today The Know Your Rights Camp App is an essential resource for navigating the unjust system of traffic laws and policing in your area. You deserve to Know Your Rights. LEARN MORE THE KYRC PODCAST GET MORE CURRENT NEWS Renowned Forensic Pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht Passes Away, Leaving a Lasting Legacy in Justice and Science Reparations Case Over Racial Discrimination Against Black Veterans Moves Forward After Judge Denies Motion Dismissal Hana Taylor Schlitz Becomes Youngest Graduate of Texas Woman's University at 16 Following Her Mother's Death Studies Show That School Segregation Between Black & White Students Have Returned To 1968 Levels Read More View The Curriculum Read More PAPER MAGAZINE

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We Are Free, You & Me By: Colin Kaepernick & Nessa Diab Illustrated by: Gladys Jose We have some amazing news for you. Our founders, Colin and Nessa in partnership with Scholastic , announced plans to publish the picture book We Are Free, You & Me in the US and Canada on October 1, 2024. Authored by Colin and Nessa, with illustrations by Gladys Jose, We Are Free, You & Me is a lyrical affirmation of what freedom truly means—and celebrates the principles of Colin and Nessa's Know Your Rights Camp, an international movement that has inspired thousands of young people to rejoice in their inherent goodness. Kaepernick and Diab will donate 100% of their proceeds from the book to Know Your Rights Camp. “We’re proud to collaborate with Colin and Nessa on their picture book debut,” said Andrea Davis Pinkney, Vice President, Executive Editor, Scholastic. “Their triumphant anthem for all children celebrates the freedom that lives in everyone. This book’s read-aloud power will have kids rejoicing in their own brilliance and freedom!” “As parents, this project has been especially meaningful to us,” said Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab. “The messages contained in We Are Free, You & Me represent what we aspire to affirm in our own child. The book celebrates a fictional family enjoying a day together in their loving community. We hope this book inspires young people to live in the light of their own strength, truth, and self-worth as they embark on their journey through life. Artist Gladys Jose has beautifully rendered the vibrancy that shines in the universal joy and promise that’s illuminated in the experiences of community.” Available in Print: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Target | Scholastic