March against racial injustice being planned for VI
March route
The march against racial injustice is slated for Saturday, June 20, 2020, beginning at 2:30pm at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park in Road Town and ending at Queen Elizabeth II Park where there will be a closing ceremony with speeches, testimonials and poetry.
The peaceful demonstration, according to one of the persons involved, Ms Via C. Donovan-Hodge, is coming together as a result of “various groups of likeminded people joining forces to achieve one goal.”
The main persons spearheading the initiative include Ms Donovan-Hodge, AmberLee Crabbe and former Mrs BVI Angelle A. Cameron, who is the Co-Founder of Kneel With Me Not On Me.
‘Confrontation the only true catalyst for change’
In an exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online, Ms Donovan Hodge, a student of Marymount Manhattan College in New York, said a demonstration is necessary in the Virgin Islands (VI) not only for George P. Floyd Jr but against racial injustices “in America, our home, and the world moreover.”
She said although slavery was abolished in the late 1800s people of the African diaspora have been fighting to be treated as more than subhuman for generations “and I think it is time we put that fight to an end.
“I don’t want to live in a world where these stories of hate are stories told by my grandparents, parents, myself and my children after me. We as a Territory are not immune to the effects of racism and have silently allowed it to fester within our waters. I want to bring this fight to the forefront because I believe that confrontation is the only true catalyst for change.”
Peaceful protest
Ms Donovan-Hodge said the event will be a peaceful protest by way of a march and everyone in the community is invited and encouraged to join.
She said the expectations are for participants to demonstrate a willingness to be open and receive information. “This is the most important thing to me.”
She also said participation includes not only marching but making a sign of some sort to bring the demonstration to life and further get the message across.
Wear masks
Participants are also encouraged to wear their masks in order to respect the current public health and safety concerns in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donovan-Hodge also shared that the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has been contacted regarding the demonstration and to request their support.
Ask what has been the feedback from persons on the planned march against racial injustice; Ms Donovan-Hodge said the responses have generally been positive.
“Most of the people I have spoken to about the event have been very excited that we are taking these steps to stand up for our brothers and sisters in the United States of America and have been willing to contribute and help get this moving in any way possible.”
Peaceful demonstrations against racial injustice have also been held in the US Virgin Islands.
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black people. Read your history .
Your statement about Sorros is FALSE. See link
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You better learn how to pull shit together and stand for something so u dont fall for nothing..u all think ayo bvi people will be forever in a bed of Rose's ..dont wait till that type of behavior from them people reach ur shore before ayo get consciously together.....it not no easy fight out and around that usa for black people...
Rabbits hole u taking pissssss. Trying be relevant u think george floyd is the first and the last ....
U and many remind me of the house slave mentality...u is the ###$%& sheep need ur master to feel free..
We don't need a copycat march and spike in active cases.
They already bury the man, but now you’ll want to jump on the bandwagon.
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” The March is starting at national hero Noel Lloyd Park. Incidentally, were it not for the strong agitation of Noel Lloyd and Positive Action Movement (PAM) Wickhams Cay and 1/2 of Anegada would be under the control of Kenneth Bates-Hill and there would be no Noel Lloyd Park. Led by Dolf Faulkner and others, the Great March of 24 November 1949 resulted in a new constitution, Legislative Council being reinstated qnd start of direct voting for some council members. Ms. Donovan-Hodge:”She said although slavery was abolished in the late 1800s people of the African diaspora have been fighting to be treated as more than subhuman for generations “and I think it is time we put that fight to an end.” Tru dat!
The African diaspora in the West, including the VI, has suffered social injustice, inequality, abuse, inferiority, subhuman treatment.......etc for almost 500 years. Though the VI may pretend that racism is very remote from its shores, well, it is on shore and alive. And silence and looking the other way is not going to make it magically vanished. It is going to take strong but peaceful agitation to arrest it. Derek Chauvin lynching of George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis, Mn, was a shameful and despicable act. Chauvin casually but forcefully knelt on George Floyd’s neck for a long 8 minutes and 46 seconds and on scene observers noticed George breathing his last breath. However, George’s lynching is not an anomaly, for it has been occurring for 100 of years. Thousands of VI residents should march on June 20( the day after Juneteenth holiday in the US) in solidarity with Blacks, White, Asians and Hispanics who protested across the globe for change. Protest safely and be part of the movement. Be safe and stay safe.
Just a bunch of &*%$#....house slave mentality
The correct thing to do is to be for peace , love and unity.
How about the Genicides that are taken place in Africa? Ask yourself if those black lives matter. This slang is a coverup for hidden agendas not that the organizers care about black people
Like, lower down the evolutionary scale? Closer to chimpanzees, or apes, perhaps?
Much of what you wrote might contain truths but that last clause is pure eugenics-based racist bullish*t.
Start with the folks asking for your vote to propel them into a cushy, high-paid, elective position. What have they done, in the past 23 years to advance the welfare of BVIslanders in utilizing their own birthright and to take command of the local economy?