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It was a last-second decision to go to the #NoKings rally.
Bestie and I were having breakfast, and she was like, I wanna...do you wanna?
And I was like, I was thinking....let's!
So we dropped Benson off at daycare, and we went to the rally. Like all smart middle-aged ladies, we went to the rally point. We even got parking, like, a few hundred feet away!! That was the best part.
We picked out our spot, sat, and waited for the folks to arrive, listened to music, signed some petitions, met some organizers, and got a better idea of alllllll the multiple organizing movements happening in the Bay area to protect communities.
Examples:
Stopping the detention center in Dublin.
Protecting immigrants in court appearances.
Spreading KYR materials.
Organizing workplaces.
Protecting trabajadores/workers.
Protecting kids in schools.
How to get arrested.
Nonviolent resistance training.
Building will in city council to resist ICE + stand with Palestine.
Connecting legal support to families disrupted by ICE.
I needed to be in community with other like-minded folks. I needed that breath of shared values and purpose.
I needed to hear Lateefah Simon rail against tyranny and say '....No empire stands up against the people who remember who the fuck we are.'
When she said that, I shouted AMEN in the loudest voice I could and raised my fist. Then I choked back tears. That's what I needed to hear.
I needed that. I needed the joy, the fun, the rage, the HELL NAW from thousands of people in Oakland.
There were so many of us. And, to my surprise, it was NOT all gray-haired Boomers. Youth of color, middle-aged Black folks like me, Arabs and Jews in solidarity for Palestine, Latine, queer folk, men and women of all ages from all over the city. The samba-reggae drum corp of what looked like PTA moms and dads (they rocked, btw.) The young dude dressed in yellow who showed OUT in front of the city.
We all needed this.
And to the short bearded guy who popped up to fan a whole bunch of us roasting in the sun.
Um...call me.
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