Healing ceremony at community gathering following George Floyd case verdict.
Community activists in Fresno took center stage at a community gathering Tuesday night to mark the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. Speakers reflected on a hard-fought year of protests leading up to the guilty verdict. They acknowledged the event as a way to connect and heal with others who have felt a mix of emotions after the verdict was read.
“This community hug for me today is super important because over this last year, I felt extremely vulnerable. I felt like I couldn’t do anything to help those around me and that’s something that tears me to my core,” said D’Aungillique Jackson, president of the Fresno State chapter of the NAACP.
Sacramentans mourn Sikh victims of Indianapolis shooting, condemn Asian hate in vigil
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We are shook, again: Sikh Americans recall targeted violence they ve faced
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Last Thursday, eight people were killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, including four Sikh Americans.
Thus far, not much is known about the shooter’s motivation, though his decision to target the FedEx location where he worked which also has an employee population that’s about 90 percent Sikh has renewed concerns about violence that members of the religious group have faced for years.
“Whether it’s explicitly anti-Sikh bias or implicit bias, our lived community experience immediately calls these issues to mind,” says Aasees Kaur, the Sikh Coalition’s legal client and community services manager. “It is an undeniable fact that this specific FedEx facility was an established place of employment for a high number of Sikh employees, and the gunman knew that.”
Sikh community in Bakersfield holds vigil for Indianapolis shooting victims
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