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Olympia artists paint 90-foot mural to honor George Floyd and other victims of police

BY KATIE HAYES CONTRIBUTING WRITER JUNE 15, 2020 05:45 AM As children play on the sidewalk, multiple artists are priming plywood and painting scenes while a small crowd watches. Earlier, a 4-year-old girl contributed a salmon that dances across the bright wall filled with names and portraits. Her work helps tell the story of oppression. The…

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Black Lives Matter Mural

Bravo Indira, Dawud, Cey Councilmember Robert E. Cornegy Jr. and all of those behind the inspiration to create Black Lives Matter Way. If one ever wondered is there an intersection between art and social justice look at how this will inspire, remind, and fuel the movement to value and our participation, in the founding and…

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Black Lives Matter Mural

On Fulton Street to witness the beginning of the Art Installation. The street opens on Monday. Dr. Indira Etwaroo and the artist behind the inspiration Dawud West….Black Lives Matter

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Have Nonprofit and Philanthropy Become the “White Moderate” that Dr. King Warned us about?

by Vu on June 1, 2020 Over the past few days, I have been thinking of George Floyd’s brutal murder by the police and of the protests happening in Minneapolis, nationwide, and globally, as I know many of you are. I am at a loss on what to do and how to support our Black…

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