When we join the fight against racism, we win
Since I was about 10 years old, I have been active in a fight for racial equality, social justice and police brutality before I truly even knew what these things meant.
Now, as a young adult, I realize why having a voice matters so much.
These last couple of weeks, I have helped organize and spoken at close to 10 marches throughout Connecticut to help empower my peers to speak up and to never remain silent.
Seeing youth coming together to demand justice definitely sends a clear message that we are here and we want change.
We shouldn’t have to be afraid to be black ... in America!
George Floyd’s death wreaked havoc on so many people of color’s lives as we watched a man cry out for help, ask for his mother and declare he couldn’t breathe.
Every black mother, black son, black father and black daughter felt his pain in that very moment.
We will never forget hearing of or witnessing the death of Breonna Taylor or Michael Brown; we will never forget even after the system has forgotten.
There are so many names to be said, however, we, as people of color, will not stop marching. We will continue to fight for policy change and we will continue to run for office to make sure black voices are heard and black lives are saved.
I will continue to use my platform to empower my peers and those that will come after us with the tools to know what to do after all the marching seems to be done.
We will continue to equip our young peers of color on how to write reflective policy to change how police police even after the media has moved on to another story.
We will put pen to paper! Because I truly believe, when we fight, we will win!
George Floyd’s death wreaked havoc on so many people of color’s lives as we watched a man cry out for help, ask for his mother and declare he couldn’t breathe. Bobbi Brown