Tag: Black Lives Matter
The year 2020 was unlike any year in recent memory. From a global pandemic that found its way into the homes and businesses of East County to marches for social justice amidst tinges of white supremacy and police brutality, punctuated by a presidential election that saw the outgoing president encourage his supporters to protest the results.
But in between the...
About 40 teens and young adults gathered in a youth-led march for Black and Brown unity at Wells Park on Sept. 26. Lessons learned from four months of weekend protests organized by several groups throughout San Diego County were evident with attendees moving through preparations as if they had a checklist.
Organizer Kassandara Mora took a deep breath as El...
The Santee Sheriff’s Virtual Community Connection meeting on Sept. 17 lasted all of 30 minutes.
Santee City Manager Marlene Best and Santee Mayor John Minto both advertised the Sheriff’s event as a possible source of information on the city’s plans to address ongoing racial tension in the community, but no specific goals were revealed during the meeting.
At the virtual event,...
Social activist group We Stand United gathered with other civil rights supporters Aug. 29 near Kohl’s in Santee with calls for police reform and racial parity. Supporters marched in a looped route down Mission Gorge Road as far as Cuyamaca Street before returning to the starting point, where they closed out the event with speeches on living as a...
As the nation passes 90 days of Black civil rights protests, adults who lived through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ‘60s comment on the current, sometimes destructive and violent protest movement happening locally.
“I remember very well growing up and being in college in the Vietnam War, moving from a fairly conservative family to more and more...
Santee Mayor John Minto and several members present for the monthly Santee Community Oriented Policing Committee meeting on Monday discussed ways they could better identify the purpose of the group and more effectively connect with the community.
The committee, which was formed in 1996, exists to make recommendations to the City Council regarding crime prevention, drug awareness, education programs, Neighborhood...
The Justice for Womxn of Color protest advertised “planned civil disobedience” on a flyer distributed in advance of an Aug. 1 gathering in La Mesa.
The event was primarily organized by Army veteran KC Short with We Stand United San Diego, a group that claims on social media it exists” to demonstrate the power of unity and community through powerful,...
Surrounded by hundreds of people, Tasha Williamson reiterated to the crowd of Black Lives Matter supporters and civil rights activists why they were gathered in La Mesa Sunday afternoon.
“We came here to La Mesa to talk to La Mesa. We are asking for demands that are non-negotiable,” she said.
“Don’t forget what your Constitution says… We are not anti-police, we...
A handful of residents in the 10000 block of Riverview Walk watched from outside their suburban homes Sunday as a crowd of people gathered in the parking lot of the Cameron YMCA in Santee to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The event, publicized by San Diego Unity Organizers’ Jay Wyatt and Alexandria Brown, among others, called for...
