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Collected Item: “My Part for Social Justice”

Give your story a title.

My Part for Social Justice

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photograph from Crosscut.com but the story is my experience.

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

The photograph is from Presidential election results won't stop Seattle BLM protests by David Kroman for Crosscut and was taken by Jovelle Tamayo of Crosscut during a Black Lives Matter protest on election night, 3 November 2020, in Seattle, WA. The article states no matter who wins the presidential election Social Justice protests will not stop. My experience throughout this year during the pandemic and Social Justice movements has been silent. Maybe I feel that my voice will not be heard but I do fear that if I do not say something, I’m hurting the movement for Social Justice. Social Justice movements will continue whatever the election results may be and inequality surrounding diversity will still exist too. Black Lives Matter has continued to spread its resolve for Social Justice, and I know my silence will not continue. Social Justice occurs and is a presence in our society today. It is up to the individual to make their decision to say something, but it will be present until changed.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#SocialJustice, #Election2020, #BLM, #BlackLivesMatter, #Seattle, #WA, #Pandemic, #Silent, #ASU, #HST485

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201106232818/https://crosscut.com/politics/2020/11/presidential-election-results-wont-stop-seattle-blm-protests

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Jovelle Tamayo for Crosscut

Give this story a date.

2020-11-06
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