The religious element in the debate over Missing Middle housing was on dramatic display November 17th, as 266 advocates packed the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington. Put on by the Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement a coalition of 50 faith and civ .
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It’s been one year since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The nine-minute video of a police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck led to nationwide protests and calls for reform. Some residents of the Central Pennsylvania Black community talked with WPSU about what Floyd’s death meant to them.
Harriett Gaston of Altoona remembers the first time she watched the video of a policeman killing George Floyd.
“I could feel the helplessness of anybody watching that,” Gaston said, “And having empathy for what was going and just that feeling of why can t we do something. ”
The video quickly circulated on social media and various news outlets.