When many heard about last weekend’s tragic fatal shooting of 13 people at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket, it seemed more than anyone could bear.
But as several hundred people gathered downtown Wednesday to hear a lineup of speakers, many heard messages that reminded them that solidarity beats solitude and that grief is not weakness, and some swayed to brass-band rhythms and melodies as if joy was still possible in presence, even in the aching wake of absence.
APTP co-founder Cat Brooks addresses an audience gathered in response to the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, where an 18-year-old man killed at least 10 people, mostly black, during a gathering and vigil in Oakland, CA on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. “That is a very tragic event. I’m feeling very sorry for those lost. My prayers, my heart, every entity within me goes out to those families. We have families. It could have been my brother, my sister, my loved one,” Jones said.
BART Commissioner Lateefah Simon addresses an audience gathered in response to the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, where an 18-year-old man killed at least 10 people, mostly black, during a gathering and vigil in Oakland, CA on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.
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