Families Demanding Justice

What an incredible weekend. We want to say thank you for everyone who made this conference possible! To First Presbyterian Church of Chicago for hosting us. To everyone who donated to support families coming from across the country to be in Chicago this weekend. To the speakers who participated in the panels and discussions. And to the impacted families and activists who took this conference seriously, came together, united in love for one another and hatred for our enemy.

We will share more photos and videos in the coming days! Let's continue to fight and struggle, to re-build the movement against police brutality and end it, once and for all!!

We are almost ONE WEEK away from the Re-Build The Movement Against Police Brutality and Against the Grifters Conference in Chicago!!

We need a big push for donations to help support impacted families get to the conference! Please donate what you can and share widely!!

At FDJ, we believe that bringing forward families can be a powerful weapon in the struggle against police brutality. But we have to be organized and have a strategy. This is why we are holding this conference, to talk about the problems our movement faces, and figure out how we can rebuild the movement on solid foundations. Lets make it happen!!

Donate today: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-2026-antipolice-brutality-conference/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_te-amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US

Donate & share! Support the conference! Rebuild the movement against police brutality!!

Featured speaker at the Re-Build The Movement Against Police Brutality and Against the Grifters Conference in Chicago, IL: Olivia Villalobos

Olivia Villalobos is a fierce voice in Riverside, CA who fights for getting the killer cops jailed that killed her son, Peter Villalobos, on June 20, 2025. She has had to struggle against a system that has yet to release her son’s autopsy report and has delayed any answers to why her son was brutalized and beaten by Riverside Police that led to his death hours later. Olivia has refused to give up the fight to get justice for her son even in the face of repression by the police, harassment by the McDonald’s employees at the site of his beating, and the city’s failure to take any action. For Olivia, a mother’s fight is more than just fighting for justice, but to make it known that Peter was a kind man who was loved deeply by his family and friends.

Join Olivia, impacted families, and activists for a weekend of critical discussions on re-building the movement against police brutality and against the grifters!

Register today: https://familiesdemandingjustice.org/2026/01/05/families-demanding-justice-conference-registration/

Donate: https://gofund.me/8cc95e8b0

Why is FDJ hosting the Re-Build The Movement Against Police Brutality and Against the Grifters Conference in Chicago?

Chicago is a great example of why the movement against police brutality must be rebuilt and why grifters should have no place in it. From reformist schemes that claim to keep the pigs in check, to the election of Mayor Brandon Johnson who ran on police accountability but has done nothing to reign in CPD, the movement has suffered greatly. Telling lies and claiming easy victories won't stop police brutality. Only the masses of people can put an end to it, and families impacted by police brutality have an important role to play.

Join us April 24th - 26th at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago for the conference!!

Register: https://familiesdemandingjustice.org/2026-conference-information

Donate: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-2026-antipolice-brutality-conference/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp17_te-amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_US

RE-BUILD THE MOVEMENT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY & AGAINST THE GRIFTERS!

Families Demanding Justice National Conference
April 24th - 26th in Chicago IL
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago

Register: https://familiesdemandingjustice.org/2026-conference-information

Donate: https://gofund.me/8cc95e8b0

Join the movement against police brutality! No more stolen lives!

Announcing the next FDJ public meeting next Thursday, 4/9/26 8PM EST/ 5PM PST! We’ll be discussing what happened to the police brutality movement and how do we bring it back, more info on the Re-build the Movement Against Police Brutality and Against the Grifters, and what to expect there! See you next week!

Featured speaker at the Re-Build The Movement Against Police Brutality and Against the Grifters Conference in Chicago: Araceli

Araceli is a Dare to Struggle and Families Demanding Justice organizer from sunny Orange County, CA. She has been a leader in the fight against police brutality in Orange County for the last two years and in that time has become a lifelong friend to impacted family members and an essential part of the FDJ team. She is deeply respected by people in the fight against any form of injustice, and is deeply hated by the Fullerton Police Department.

Join Araceli, activists, and supporters at the conference! Register today!!

Register: https://familiesdemandingjustice.org/2026-conference-information

Donate: https://gofund.me/8cc95e8b0

Featured speaker at the Re-Build The Movement Against Police Brutality and Against the Grifters Conference in Chicago: Quin

Quin helped found both the Dare to Struggle Chicago chapter and Families Demanding Justice national network, and has been active in the struggle against police brutality for more than a decade. Quin has also been active in campaigns against conditions at Cook County Jail, ICE terror in the streets of Chicago, and in fighting repression against protest. Quin puts a primacy on going to the masses, agitating, educating, and organizing for collective struggle against the American Nightmare. Quin has connected with impacted families around the country and has taken multiple arrests in defiant struggle against police brutality (most notably unjustly arrested in October for burning a flag at the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality).

Join Quin, impacted families, activists, and supporters for a weekend of critical discussions surrounding the question: what will it take to end police brutality?

Be sure to register beforehand: https://familiesdemandingjustice.org/2026-conference-information

Donate to support the conference: https://gofund.me/8cc95e8b0