Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. —Martin Luther King, Jr.
We all are saddened to hear of the passing of Ms. Carolyn Milligan. A dedicated revolutionary who persevered through great suffering and difficulties, Ms. Carolyn was constantly outraged at how our society ignores people who need help the most. She insisted that they should get the help they need because they are entitled to it as human beings. You shouldn’t have to be able to afford human rights. Your society should guarantee them to you.
Ms. Carolyn’s great sense of justice and keen political insight served her and others as a tremendous human rights organizer, teacher and a fighter that was able to find the gems in any situation where workers were engaged in struggle to unite around and fight for. Ms. Carolyn’s strength as a fighter came early in life as a child field worker helping her sharecropper Grandfather and family in Jim Crow Alabama. As a survivor of personal trauma, assault and abuse, the strength to survive was at the core of who Carolyn was as a mother, sister, teacher and fighter for basic needs. Ms. Carolyn leaves behind her beloved daughter Emma Denise Milligan, sisters Retta Meyers and Ethel Long-Scott, and brother-in-Law Austin Long-Scott. We honor her many contributions in the struggle for housing rights, her organizing work in Chicago, and her foundational role in the Oakland Area for the League of Revolutionaries. As a teacher and friend to many, she will be greatly missed.
The family has expressed gratitude for the many heartfelt condolences and prayers. Donations to help with the cost for memorial services would be a great help to the family. (Information on donating is below.)
MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE JAN. 28, 2023, NOON PACIFIC TIME.
JOIN VIA ZOOM:
ZOOM LINK – https://zoom.us/j/.4349224813
Enter passcode 567608
OR join meeting # 434 922 4813, then enter passcode 567608
By phone 1-669-900-6833, enter meeting #, press #, enter passcode 567608
Enter pound again. Then enter 567608
Donations for the memorial can be made via Zelle care of Rev. Dr. Monica Cross. Download the Zelle app, sign up and on the next screen type the name of your bank. If your bank is listed, it will take you to your bank’s app. Log in to your bank app and then go to the “send money” function and press Zelle. Then put in phone number 510-932-2491.
My deepest condolences to family
I met Carolyn through the WEAP Organization due to an unfortunate life changing experience. The lost of my seven -month- old son to an accidental drowning at home. During this life changing experience, Carolyn and WEAP taught me the true meaning of “knowing your rights” and how to utilize it. I was charged with child endangerment and together we went to court 33 times to fight for my rights and the rights of other single parents that would some day face the same or similar life changing experience. After we won my case, I became chairperson and Carolyn became vice chairperson for WEAP and together we continue to fight for justice by teaching “knowing your rights”. Carolyn will be truly missed by me and others RIP