Against the backdrop of the global COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately devastating our communities, the murders of Black people in North America—Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd—sparked a new wave of uprisings around the world as Black people continued to fight for our lives on many fronts.
With other Black Hawai’i community organizations and individuals we gathered in the midst of the pain and outrage.
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Coverage in Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Honolulu vigil held for Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd
Coverage in Hawaiʻi News Now:
Candlelight vigil among ways Hawaii shows support for Black Lives Matter
Coverage in Honolulu Magazine:
Watch as thousands protest in downtown Honolulu in support of Black Lives Matter
Coverage in Honolulu Civil Beat:
Many in Hawaii grieve—and protest—the police killing of George Floyd
How 12 teens who’d never met before organized Honolulu’s Black Lives Matter protest
Hundred-plus demonstrators at Hawaii Capitol protest Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd
Thousands of Hawaii protestors rally for Black Lives Matter on Oahu, Hawaii Island Maui and Kauai