![]() | Westbrae Silent Vigil in Support of Black Lives The vigil will be at Gilman Avenue and Curtis Street at Santa Fe Avenue, and extend east and west along the Gilman sidewalk. This action is organized by parents and can be joined wherever you live. | Chalking Because Black Lives Matter Neighborhoods are invited to chalk sidewalks with calls to end police violence and vocalize support for Black Lives Matter. They will meet at Ashby BART station and march to Codornices Park at the Berkeley Rose Garden to “wake up the white, rich hills of North Berkeley.” Protesters are asked to wear a mask. | Pay Your Dues Berkeley High students and UC Berkeley Black Students Union are organizing protest to interrogate Berkeley’s legacy of racism, and reinvest in the Black community. Please bring signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, sidewalk chalk, bubbles and noisemakers, and adhere to all social distance protocol Meet at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Kids, parents and community members from across the Bay Area are welcome. | Berkeley School Kids and Parents Speak Out Parents at Washington Elementary School have been organizing a Black Lives Matter-centered, family-friendly protest every Thursday in June. This vigil takes place on the Crescent Lawn at UC Berkeley’s west campus facing Oxford Street at the intersection of University Avenue. Protesters are asked to wear masks and socially distance at least 6 feet. | Silent, socially distanced Black Lives Matter vigil. Please wear a mask and maintain 6 feet between you and others while at the action. #Qarc protest berkeley freeBring your signs (End White Silence, Black Lives Matter, No One is Free Until We’re All Free, Racism is a Pandemic). “We will sing, we will listen, we will speak, we will act, we will UNITE.” Musicians Michelle Jacques, Amber Field and Austin Willacy will be there. | Freedom is Rising Neighbors Elana Auerbach and Bekka Fink are organizing this family-friendly ritual sing and speak out action at 2180 Martin Luther King Way, in front of Old City Hall. driving through Berkeley to end at the parking lot of now-closed Hs Lordships at the Berkeley Marina. | Black Lives Matter Car Caravan for Change: The Berkeley Social Distance Protest - sponsored by Laura Babitt for Berkeley School Board, Covenant Church, NAACP Berkeley, The Way and Berkeley Schools staff and parent - meets at North Berkeley BART station at 2 p.m. | Say Her Name Peaceful protest organized by Berkeley High in honor of the one-year anniversary of Shukri Abdi’s body being found, “in recognition of all the identities which have been neglected in the fight against police brutality and systemic racism.” March from Berkeley High School to Willard Park. The protest starts at Bushrod Park in Oakland and will march to Berkeley Police HQ. | Youth Protect The Bay, a new women-led youth group, is organizing a March to Camp Out protest to help push the conversation forward about defunding the police.” The workers will walk off their jobs “for eight minutes, 46 seconds to remember George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain and other Black people killed by police and demand an end to the systemic racism,” according to Fight for $15. The action is organized by several groups, including Fight for $15 and local labor unions, and is one of several rallies throughout the country. There will be a rally at the McDonalds at 1:45 p.m. 11:30 | McDonald’s, fast food workers in strike for Black Lives. The protest will begin at Mosswood Park in Oakland and travel to the McDonalds at 1918 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.It was scheduled every Friday in June, and will continue as a space of solidarity with BLM. ![]()
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