Social Justice Assistance

Massive, in-person protests have been taking place around the world every day since the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25. Protesting is fundamentally at odds with the concept of social distancing, but thousands of people are making the decision to march in solidarity with Black lives. Thankfully, the majority of those people are taking precautions to keep themselves and others as safe as possible while doing so. We hear about the positive role vehicles are playing in protests—a surprising shift from the events in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017—and also speak a with Minneapolis-based rapper-turned-medic who has organized a volunteer medical force to help save lives at the epicenter of the protests.