With clashes between federal police officers and Black Lives Matter activists still raging in Portland, and with the continued lack of justice for Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans killed by police, the fight against structural and institutional racism in the US is very much alive. Here are all the ways to stand in solidarity with BIPOC communities in Seattle and beyond both in-person and online this weekend. Stay up to date on our complete protests & resistance and BIPOC-focused events calendars, and find even more anti-racism resources here.
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Black Collective Voice Presents: Page Engage
Join members from Seattle Black Collective Voice for a reading and discussion of James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, which contains the two seminal essays “My Dungeon Shook – Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation” and “Down at the Cross – Letter from a Region of My Mind.”
Jimi Hendrix Park (Beacon Hill)
