SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: Supporting the Black Community Outside the Lines is a peaceful protest declaring that Black Lives Matter ... uniting the Basketball community to demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery, Breanna Taylor, George Floyd, and all victims of racist violence -- we want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of black people. BLACK LIVES MATTER!
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: Supporting the Black Community Outside the Lines is an avenue to Speak Up and Use Your Voice to create change in our community and the country with a peaceful protest supporting Black Lives Matter.
Black people are bombarded with disturbing racist messages: "Your talents and skills - like your skin color - are all that matter about you. You don't matter outside the lines. Shut up and dribble."
Such vile dehumanization of Black people leads directly to racist violence against them. We denounce this dehumanization that we know reaches far beyond sports, and into the foundations of this country. Black people live every day - jogging, shopping, sleeping - under threat of brutality and death ... under the threat that justice, peace, dignity, and life will be suddenly, violently, ripped away by racist police and citizens. We reject the racism driving this reality, and Speak Up And Dribble to call for an END to all violence and brutality against Black people!
- Support the black community outside AND inside the lines.
- Say NO MORE to the murderous dehumanization of Black people.
- Demand real changes to funding of the system that attacks and kills Black people.
- Declare that Black Lives Matter.
Basketball is a powerful, unifying force across the globe. We are using that unifying love to defeat racism.
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: SUPPORTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE LINES - Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHAT: A Basketball Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHEN: Saturday, June 20th at 2pm PT (Weekend of pre-COVID-19 planned NBA Finals Game 7)
WHO: All are welcome and encouraged to bring a basketball to dribble during the protest route while Speaking Up for Black Lives Matter
WHERE: Protest Route Starts at SOMA Rec Center - 6th Street & Folsom in SOMA District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court with Kobe Bryant Mural)
Protest Route Midpoint at City Hall where we will all kneel together in solidarity for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in and Speak Up against racial injustice while dribbling.
Protest Route Ends at 598 Linden Street in Hayes Valley District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court remodeled by Kevin Durant foundation and art created by SF native Apex One)
ADDITIONAL PROTEST DETAILS:
Defund the Police and Invest in the Community via
+More Remodeled Parks
+More Recreation Programs
+More Youth Sports Programs
+More Mental Health Services
+Make it safe for black and brown youth to go outside and play at their local courts at anytime
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SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: Supporting the Black Community Outside the Lines is an avenue to Speak Up and Use Your Voice to create change in our community and the country with a peaceful protest supporting Black Lives Matter.
Black people are bombarded with disturbing racist messages: "Your talents and skills - like your skin color - are all that matter about you. You don't matter outside the lines. Shut up and dribble."
Such vile dehumanization of Black people leads directly to racist violence against them. We denounce this dehumanization that we know reaches far beyond sports, and into the foundations of this country. Black people live every day - jogging, shopping, sleeping - under threat of brutality and death ... under the threat that justice, peace, dignity, and life will be suddenly, violently, ripped away by racist police and citizens. We reject the racism driving this reality, and Speak Up And Dribble to call for an END to all violence and brutality against Black people!
- Support the black community outside AND inside the lines.
- Say NO MORE to the murderous dehumanization of Black people.
- Demand real changes to funding of the system that attacks and kills Black people.
- Declare that Black Lives Matter.
Basketball is a powerful, unifying force across the globe. We are using that unifying love to defeat racism.
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: SUPPORTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE LINES - Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHAT: A Basketball Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHEN: Saturday, June 20th at 2pm PT (Weekend of pre-COVID-19 planned NBA Finals Game 7)
WHO: All are welcome and encouraged to bring a basketball to dribble during the protest route while Speaking Up for Black Lives Matter
WHERE: Protest Route Starts at SOMA Rec Center - 6th Street & Folsom in SOMA District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court with Kobe Bryant Mural)
Protest Route Midpoint at City Hall where we will all kneel together in solidarity for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in and Speak Up against racial injustice while dribbling.
Protest Route Ends at 598 Linden Street in Hayes Valley District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court remodeled by Kevin Durant foundation and art created by SF native Apex One)
ADDITIONAL PROTEST DETAILS:
Defund the Police and Invest in the Community via
+More Remodeled Parks
+More Recreation Programs
+More Youth Sports Programs
+More Mental Health Services
+Make it safe for black and brown youth to go outside and play at their local courts at anytime
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: Supporting the Black Community Outside the Lines is a peaceful protest declaring that Black Lives Matter ... uniting the Basketball community to demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery, Breanna Taylor, George Floyd, and all victims of racist violence -- we want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of black people. BLACK LIVES MATTER!
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: Supporting the Black Community Outside the Lines is an avenue to Speak Up and Use Your Voice to create change in our community and the country with a peaceful protest supporting Black Lives Matter.
Black people are bombarded with disturbing racist messages: "Your talents and skills - like your skin color - are all that matter about you. You don't matter outside the lines. Shut up and dribble."
Such vile dehumanization of Black people leads directly to racist violence against them. We denounce this dehumanization that we know reaches far beyond sports, and into the foundations of this country. Black people live every day - jogging, shopping, sleeping - under threat of brutality and death ... under the threat that justice, peace, dignity, and life will be suddenly, violently, ripped away by racist police and citizens. We reject the racism driving this reality, and Speak Up And Dribble to call for an END to all violence and brutality against Black people!
- Support the black community outside AND inside the lines.
- Say NO MORE to the murderous dehumanization of Black people.
- Demand real changes to funding of the system that attacks and kills Black people.
- Declare that Black Lives Matter.
Basketball is a powerful, unifying force across the globe. We are using that unifying love to defeat racism.
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: SUPPORTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE LINES - Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHAT: A Basketball Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHEN: Saturday, June 20th at 2pm PT (Weekend of pre-COVID-19 planned NBA Finals Game 7)
WHO: All are welcome and encouraged to bring a basketball to dribble during the protest route while Speaking Up for Black Lives Matter
WHERE: Protest Route Starts at SOMA Rec Center - 6th Street & Folsom in SOMA District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court with Kobe Bryant Mural)
Protest Route Midpoint at City Hall where we will all kneel together in solidarity for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in and Speak Up against racial injustice while dribbling.
Protest Route Ends at 598 Linden Street in Hayes Valley District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court remodeled by Kevin Durant foundation and art created by SF native Apex One)
ADDITIONAL PROTEST DETAILS:
Defund the Police and Invest in the Community via
+More Remodeled Parks
+More Recreation Programs
+More Youth Sports Programs
+More Mental Health Services
+Make it safe for black and brown youth to go outside and play at their local courts at anytime
read more
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: Supporting the Black Community Outside the Lines is an avenue to Speak Up and Use Your Voice to create change in our community and the country with a peaceful protest supporting Black Lives Matter.
Black people are bombarded with disturbing racist messages: "Your talents and skills - like your skin color - are all that matter about you. You don't matter outside the lines. Shut up and dribble."
Such vile dehumanization of Black people leads directly to racist violence against them. We denounce this dehumanization that we know reaches far beyond sports, and into the foundations of this country. Black people live every day - jogging, shopping, sleeping - under threat of brutality and death ... under the threat that justice, peace, dignity, and life will be suddenly, violently, ripped away by racist police and citizens. We reject the racism driving this reality, and Speak Up And Dribble to call for an END to all violence and brutality against Black people!
- Support the black community outside AND inside the lines.
- Say NO MORE to the murderous dehumanization of Black people.
- Demand real changes to funding of the system that attacks and kills Black people.
- Declare that Black Lives Matter.
Basketball is a powerful, unifying force across the globe. We are using that unifying love to defeat racism.
SPEAK UP & DRIBBLE: SUPPORTING THE BLACK COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE LINES - Peaceful Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHAT: A Basketball Protest for Black Lives Matter
WHEN: Saturday, June 20th at 2pm PT (Weekend of pre-COVID-19 planned NBA Finals Game 7)
WHO: All are welcome and encouraged to bring a basketball to dribble during the protest route while Speaking Up for Black Lives Matter
WHERE: Protest Route Starts at SOMA Rec Center - 6th Street & Folsom in SOMA District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court with Kobe Bryant Mural)
Protest Route Midpoint at City Hall where we will all kneel together in solidarity for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in and Speak Up against racial injustice while dribbling.
Protest Route Ends at 598 Linden Street in Hayes Valley District of San Francisco, Calif. (at Basketball Court remodeled by Kevin Durant foundation and art created by SF native Apex One)
ADDITIONAL PROTEST DETAILS:
Defund the Police and Invest in the Community via
+More Remodeled Parks
+More Recreation Programs
+More Youth Sports Programs
+More Mental Health Services
+Make it safe for black and brown youth to go outside and play at their local courts at anytime
show less
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