A few images from our trip to #Ferguson yesterday. More to come (including video interviews). For now, I wanted to get these out there before too much more time went by.
To briefly summarize my experience:
Safe to say that many views on the issue and the solution were present, but what moved me most was the will to stand up for what people feel is right and needed for the sake of human dignity and ultimate peace in this country. My prayers are to find how I can act, speak, see and live in a way that carries us forward and can provoke understanding among the majority of how real nonwhite folks’ grievances are about their everyday encounters with prejudice, and the need for some massive healing.
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- Me, my fiance Trae, and our travel friends Ellen and Eric upon arrival. (Oops — see Eric in next picture!)
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- These hand-drawn homages to Michael Brown were really moving, as was the repeated reason given to us by people there that they came out because “it could have been me/my son/my brothers”
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- tension…
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- this hand-painted memorial, brought in from Chicago by one group, is 15 years old. So, it would be much longer if brought up-to-date.
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- a powerful message
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- considering that the last large protest here drew out militarized police with tear gas, this woman was being pretty smart (both in protecting herself and in making a statement)
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- The spot where Michael Brown was shot and killed… had some amazing conversations with people here. More to come…