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DESCRIPTION:Come to Lake Merritt this Sunday and join us as we make noise to honor 
 black lives lost to racist violence. Bring an instrument, drum, keys, pots, 
 whatever to break the silence as white and non-black American allies. 
 \n\nOur silence in light of tragedies like Charleston implies we are 
 complicit with this deeply embedded and deadly racism. The time is now to 
 demonstrate that this is not true, you do not need to be black to be 
 outraged at the execution of humans because of the color of their skin. 
 \n\nPlease bring signs expressing your solidarity and encouraging other 
 white and non-black community members to join the movement! Our help is 
 needed on the front lines, please come through.\n\n**Everyone is invited to 
 this action, but the call is particularly for white people to speak up and 
 out.\n\nA note from the organizers:\n\nThis event is organized by two 
 lifelong Oakland residents who are white and non-black allies. We are 
 actively learning about ways to organize this community so as to give black 
 organizers and families rest and shelter from putting their bodies on the 
 line. We practice radical inclusivity, however in light of the constant and 
 overwhelming violence especially in recent weeks, we are responding to a 
 call from the black community to organize amongst ourselves. \n\nWe are 
 putting Black lives at the center of this action by meeting their hard work 
 and struggle with our own effort and dialogue. Many white and non-black 
 people have kept silent about these issues, and this is a call to the 
 community to come out from the shadows and speak up. We are not trying to 
 dictate how this should look, and we invite any and all feedback from the 
 greater community. \n\nWe believe that white supremacy is a white problem 
 and this is a call for white and non-black allies to think about how to 
 dismantle the system. \nWe’d like to end the walk around the lake with a 
 solutions-based dialogue about the next steps we need to take as a 
 community towards ending white supremacy.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/21/18773760.php
SUMMARY:Charleston Action Oakland / White Silence is Violence
LOCATION:Lake Merritt Pergola\n599 El Embarcadero, Oakland, California 94610
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/21/18773760.php
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