Say Their Names

Justice for Jacob Blake  “Virtual Vigil” ZOOM….“SAY THEIR NAMES.” 

Friday Night, September 25, 2020      7:00 PM -8:15 PM

“Every 24 hours, it’s pain — it’s nothing but pain,” Mr. Blake says. “It hurts to breathe; it hurts to sleep. It hurts to move from side to side. It hurts to eat.”

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome our fourth Anti-Racism Jubilee Symposium….our goals are threefold. Celebrate. Educate and Cultivate 

Tonight we’ll focus on  Justice for Jacob Blake

“Virtual Vigil” ZOOM“SAY THEIR NAMES.”

We are here, tonight, in honor of, and respect for Jacob Blake, his children, his family, and each person whose name we must not forget. Tonight, we will “Say Their Names. 

Thank you for joining us in this necessary event.We understand that you may want to speak but have not prepared a poster. That’s okay.  We certainly would like to hear your words of support and allyship. We are looking for heartfelt words of support, and allyship for Jacob  Blake and “Say Their Names.” 

At this time, the team will begin the event.

Agenda

7:10 PM – 7:20 PM

• Ivy …Celebrate… (Briefly expound on the word celebrate, and state how it coalesces with our overall theme. Use a poster, if possible.
• Speaker:    (90 seconds)
• Speaker   (90 seconds)
• Speaker  (90 seconds)
• Speaker (90) seconds)
• Speaker (90 seconds)
• In respect of Jacob Blake’s young son  (30 seconds of reflective silence), Balck Lives Matter. 
• Introduce and transition to Zoi

7:20-7:30 

• Zoi …Educate…. (Briefly expound on the word educate, and state how it coalesces with our overall theme. Use a poster, if possible. 
• Speaker:  (90 seconds)
• Speaker  (90 seconds)
• Speaker (90 seconds)
• Speaker (90 seconds)
• In respect of Jacob Blake’s young son  (30 seconds of reflective silence), Balck Lives Matter.
• Introduce and transition to Eleanor.

 7:30- 7:40 

• Eleanor     Cultivate…(Briefly expound on how the word cultivates coalesces with our overall theme. Use a poster, if possible. 
• Speaker:   (90 seconds)
• Speaker  (90 seconds)
• Speaker (90 seconds)
• Speaker (90 seconds)
• In respect of Jacob Blake’s young  son  (30 seconds of reflective silence) Black Lives Matter
• Transition to Ivy

7:40 – 7:50  

Ivy 

“Say their names.”  

• Invite Attendees to unmute, darken their spaces, and use their phones as lights, for this moment,  in solidarity..of support, and care, for Jacob Blake, and so many others. 
• Invite them to  and repeat the names after you.  See their faces…remember them. Their lives mattered.

1. Jacob Blake
2. Breonna Taylor
3. George Floyd
4. PHILANDO CASTILE 
5. ELIJAH MCCLAIN 
6. TAMIR RICE  
7. Eric Garner
8. Sandra Bland
9. Tony McDade
10. Alton Sterling
11. Ahmaud Arbery.
12. Sean Reed. 
13. Rayshard Brooks
14. Stephon Clark 
15. James Scurlock
16. Daniel Prude
17. Pamela Turner
18. Botham Jean
19. Betty Jones
20. Freddie Gray
21. Walter Scott
22. Natasha McKenna
23. LaQuan McDonald
24. Trayvon Martin
25. Renisha McBride

The list is far too long and the tragedy is that Black lives are seen as unimportant. We matter…..

7:50-8:00 

Evelyn 

Call to Action  VOTE (GOTV) VOTING PLAN  

8:00— 8:15

Ivy, Zoi, Eleanor, Evelyn

Adjourn

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