African Drum March: In Memory of African Immigrants Killed by Police

Name: African Drum March: In Memory of African Immigrants Killed by Police
Start: 2024-12-26T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-26T15:00:00-05:00
Location: 9th and Chicon, Austin, Texas 78702

Schedule

Thu Dec 26 2024 at 12:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

9th and Chicon, Austin, Texas 78702 | Austin, TX

UPDATE: DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER THIS EVENT WILL BE POSTPONED. We are still building capacity for this event to ensure its success and so that it will be done right. This will be rescheduled to the end of next year of 2022to allow for further planning and with the goal of starting KWANZAA on the correct date of December 26, outreach to all Africans of the Diaspora, IMMIGRATION CLINIC for Africans of the Diaspora, and a BAZAAR for Africans of the Diaspora to showcase their businesses.
Amadou Diallo of Guinea killed February 4, 1999 in New York City, NY. Jonathan Deng of Sudan killed July 24, 2009 in Iowa City, Iowa. Charley "Africa" Keunang of Cameroon killed March 1, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. Deng Manyoun of Sudan killed June 14, 2015 in Louisville, Kentucky. #BlackLivesMatter We will march from 9th and Chicon near Hutson-Tillotson on the East Side through downtown and back to the East Side to Hutson-Tillotson.