WEST SEATTLE PROTESTS: Juneteenth vigil in North Delridge

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Sent by Nancy:

Neighbors will be gathering this Friday evening at 5:30 for a #SayTheirNames vigil at the pedestrian overpass across Delridge at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center.

People are invited to come with a sign with one name of an African American who has been a victim of either direct or indirect police violence. I will also have names printed out that people can use.

I would like this to be a quiet and respectful demonstration of support for our African American neighbors, friends, and family.

Also coming up this week:
*Hate-Free Delridge demonstration, 4-6 pm Thursday at Delridge/Orchard
*ILWU Local 19 march, 9 am Friday from Spokane/E. Marginal to downtown

winniegirl June 18, 2020 (1:56 pm)

I don’t understand why a Juneteenth event is listed under “protests.” Juneteenth is a celebratory day. It’s not a protest.

nf June 19, 2020 (9:45 am)

1. I don’t know your race or where you’re coming from, but who cares what it’s filed under?2. Juneteenth commemorates the day the proclamation freeing slaves was finally read to the last group of people still enslaved. It had to be read by military order because slave holders had repressed the information. It was two years after the fact. So, it’s a celebration for some, for others, those of us who are White, it should serve as a reminder how we have stubbornly held on to racist institutions for more than 400 years, and that there is a lot of work to be done.Please joins us tonight on Delridge or join of the other events and talk with people. (Just, please, don’t ask any African-Americans.)
- winniegirl June 20, 2020 (1:37 pm)
  
  I am familiar with Juneteenth having celebrated it for YEARS. It’s value is not in its ability to remind white people about slavery. It’s to celebrate the Black people who won their freedom. It matters because many events having to do with Black and African American people are presented in a way that focuses on anger and unrest rather than joy and celebration. Just because it’s a Black event doesn’t mean that it’s reactionary. Its’ not a teaching holiday for white people.

nf June 19, 2020 (9:52 am)

Thanks for covering this. I do hope people will come. I will have names printed out that people can have. It’s not all the names, not by a long shot. I have 30ft of legal-sized paper with three columns filled with the 6,000 names from just the last 10-1/2 years. I’m using data from 538. That data lists 28,000 names for all fatalities for all races, by the way. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dKmaV_JiWcG8XBoRgP8b4e9Eopkpgt7FL7nyspvzAsE/edit#gid=0

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