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(06/14/20 1:39am)
“I am happy about the amount of people that are out here still fighting and should just keep that momentum going to actually make change,” protester Jersa (left), a 21-year-old UF psychology junior, said. Kayla Zavac (right), 22, said that she just graduated from UF and in all her time here, this is the first time she has seen real movement from the community taking place for change.
(08/07/20 1:02pm)
(08/07/20 12:54pm)
Library West
(07/04/20 10:53pm)
Kya Johnson, 19, passes food to a drive-thru customer.
(06/22/20 12:53pm)
At a June 13 demonstration near the Gainesville Police Department, protesters chant "No justice, no peace," and a sign reading "Defund The Police" can be seen in the background.
(06/18/20 1:14pm)
All libraries except for Library West, which is one of two 24-hour spaces on campus, will resume their usual hours from prior to COVID-19 closures upon reopening in August.
(06/18/20 1:07pm)
All libraries except for Library West, which is one of two 24-hour spaces on campus, will resume their usual hours from prior to COVID-19 closures upon reopening in August.
(06/17/20 4:36pm)
UF’s incoming students attend must Preview Orientation through Zoom due to COVID-19.
(06/17/20 4:32pm)
UF’s incoming students attend must Preview Orientation through Zoom due to COVID-19.
(06/15/20 12:50am)
Organizers explain the gentrification of the Pleasant Street area at the third stop of the protest at A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center. Danielle Chanzes, a volunteer for the Gainesville Alliance for Equitable Development, said that after Seminary Lane apartments were torn down in 2009, hundreds of Black residents were promised affordable housing as a replacement, but no progress had been made since then.
(06/15/20 12:48am)
GoDDsville Dream Defenders use the stop at the Gainesville Police Department to announce a list of demands that the organization will present to local government officials. Hundreds of fists rise into the air as the crowd chants “No justice, no peace.”
(06/15/20 12:39am)
Starting at the O’Connell Center, two of GoDDsville Dream Defenders’ leading organizers explain that Saturday’s protest will educate the Gainesville community on the city’s racist past.
(06/15/20 12:39am)
“I am happy about the amount of people that are out here still fighting and should just keep that momentum going to actually make change,” protester Jersa (left), a 21-year-old UF psychology junior, said. Kayla Zavac (right), 22, said that she just graduated from UF and in all her time here, this is the first time she has seen real movement from the community taking place for change.
(06/15/20 12:39am)
The protest ends at Porters Community, which is Gainesville’s second oldest Black community. Kaith, 24, a Dream Defenders member, raises a gloved fist in the air at the conclusion of the protest. “I am really impressed with the amount of people who have consistently been showing up,” Kaith said “This work is for everyone. Organizing is absolutely necessary, building relationships with our community is absolutely necessary.”
(06/15/20 12:38am)
Protesters sit along the street in front of the Alachua County Courthouse to listen to the next speaker. “This is a beautiful display of both solidarity, but also the strength of Black people in Gainesville,” a seated protester said.
(06/14/20 11:48pm)
Protesters blocked sidewalks and intersections and learned how decades of gentrification and inequality impact the experience of Black people in Gainesville today.
(06/05/20 7:17pm)
Brittny Randolph, 30, (left), and Michelle McCraw, 24, (right) are both 4th-year medical students at UF. They knelt in silence with fists in the air and encouraged others in the healthcare community to share #WhiteCoatsforBlackLives.
(06/05/20 7:16pm)
More than one hundred UF Health faculty, staff and students gathered in front of the College of Nursing in remembrance of George Floyd on June 5. “I was honored to be among so many people that attended today’s fight for black lives and I’m honored to be apart of this crowd,” said Dr. Runi Foster, 57, a pulmonologist at the University and the VA Medical Center.
(06/04/20 1:17am)
The nonprofit organization Dream Defenders, organized the vigil held on Wednesday evening. Volunteers provided masks, flowers and candles for everyone that came to pay their respects.
(06/04/20 1:15am)
As the vigil came to a close and the crowd dispersed, the remaining attendees were able to see the shrine up close.