“My heart was full as I saw the true diversity of our city represented among our allies from the Black, Latinx, Middle Eastern, Muslim, Jewish, and white communities …”
— Rob Buscher
“No more will they be silent. No longer will they hide their feeling.”
— NBC Philadelphia
“To many in Philadelphia, divorcing race from the murders ignored the country’s past treatment of Asians in the country.”
— WHYY
“A racially diverse crowd of families with young children, young adults, and elders gathered …”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
“Allies of other ethnicities and races came out to show them that they are not alone.”
— Fox 29
The organizers had put much care into the planning of the event and made clear that the workshop was about psychological ties between people as much as it was about physical methods to protect yourself.
— Lucia Geng at Pulitzer Center