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July 01st, 2020

7/1/2020

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A look back at a month of protests against systemic racism, racial injustice

 Here are links to stories and video from protests that occurred in June 2020.
   •  Hundreds gather in Lebanon on June 14 for Black Lives Matter Demonstration 
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More than 1,000 people lined Ellsworth Street in downtown Albany on June 2 to peacefully protest.
   • Miriam Cummins, Democratic candidate for House District 15 State Representative, speaks June 6 at a protest at the State Capitol in Salem.
   •  Some 2,000 gathered in downtown Corvallis on May 31. 
   • An estimated 4,000 demonstrated June 7 in downtown Corvallis.


  Also, Rosa Colquitt, Ph.D, Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon's Black Caucus, wrote a message May 29 on Facebook, titled "George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all who came before"   And Rosa wrote "Juneteenth: Celebration of Freedom."
  And see comments by Sen. Jeff Merkley, Congressman Peter DeFazio and State Rep. Marty Wilde.
  And for more reading, see the "21-Day Racial Equity Challenge," by Dr. Eddie Moore
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