PROTESTS: ‘Community March for Black Lives’ fills White Center streets, with Chief Sealth IHS youth joining in

A community-organized March for Black Lives took to the streets in White Center late today, starting with a rally at Greenbridge Plaza, then marching to the business district for a second rally, and then back to Greenbridge via Roxbury. For more photos, see our report on partner site White Center Now. Among the participants, a group that marched from Chief Sealth International High School – we stopped by while they were gathering:

WHAT’S NEXT: Still awaiting word on whether any West Seattle events are planned in conjunction with Friday’s general strike. We have heard from an organizer calling for a 2 pm Sunday (June 14th) march from High Point Community Center.

11 Replies to "PROTESTS: 'Community March for Black Lives' fills White Center streets, with Chief Sealth IHS youth joining in"

  • Lina June 11, 2020 (7:08 am)

    This is not a moment, it’s a movement.  It’s great to see so many folks stepping up, I hope we are finally hitting a critical mass to make some change.  White friends and neighbors, it’s ok to be late to the party, you’re here now- stay a while, as long as it takes for racial justice to be created.  I stand in solidarity, no justice, no peace

    • Vanessa June 11, 2020 (11:31 am)

      ❤️✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

  • Simpa June 11, 2020 (7:36 am)

    WE STAND WITH YOU!

  • Lina June 11, 2020 (11:05 am)

    @WSB do you happen to have any more info about the march in High Point on Sunday or know who is organizing?  Would love to support.thank you!

    • WSB June 11, 2020 (12:02 pm)

      No particular group that I have heard of. I’ve just received the announcement from multiple people and it says 2 pm at High Point CC, marching to Delridge.

      • Lina June 13, 2020 (10:49 am)

        Hi!  Haven’t seen any notices up in HP, any idea on who I could follow up with to see if this is happening.  If it is, I’d love to join and help amplify it in the neighborhood.  Thank you!

        • WSB June 13, 2020 (10:58 am)

          I heard again from the organizer last night and we saw flyers on poles in The Junction. That’s all I have, but ALL the local events so far have been very grassroots – on a level of “make an announcement and see who shows up.”

          • Lina June 13, 2020 (11:39 am)

            Thanks!  I’ll go look around junction for more info.  Seems like a missed opportunity to not share info right in our neighborhood….

          • WSB June 13, 2020 (12:23 pm)

            Everything on the signage is what we’ve published – march, 2 pm Sunday, gather at High Point CC, marching to Delridge. The demonstrations in the past two weeks haven’t been any more organized than that – somebody had an idea, made an announcement, and waited to see if anyone would show up. The person who has sent the announcement to us (twice) is Brandon. He included this – looks like a social-media screen grab:
            https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_20200608_195727_467.jpg

  • Chris K June 11, 2020 (1:58 pm)

    I love seeing our community come together on this. 

  • Jeanne June 13, 2020 (10:05 am)

    Thank you for this information and for bring the community together.

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