Actions you can take right now for Justice for Natasha McKenna
Sign and share petitions
Petition to Sheriff Stacey Kincaid
Petition to Attorney General Loretta Lynch
Use social media
- Share the petitions above
- Tweet or post facts about the case
- Use hashtags: #NatashaMcKenna #sayhername #blackwomenmatter #JusticeforNatashaMcKenna #blacklivesmatter
- Post the video (be sure to include content warning)
- Change your avatar to her last words image:
- Share articles about Natasha McKenna:
Reach your wider community
- Print and place bookmarks in books at the library or at bookstores, in cafes/coffee shops (leave them with the tip at restaurants)
- Tell friends and family, neighbors about what you’ve learned about the case
- Tell them about action opportunities (petitions, collective actions)
Engage local officials
- Call your member of the Board of Supervisors and the Chair to express your
concern about this particular situation (make sure they know where you’re calling
from if you’re in Fairfax County): - Attend Board meetings and silently hold an 8.5” X 11” sign that indicates you want justice for Natasha McKenna (be sure to include your city) or an image of Natasha McKenna
- Speak about this at Board meetings if there is opportunity for public comment
- Write a letter to the editor of the Connection papers, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, or other local papers
