City of Tacoma announcement.
TACOMA, Wash. — The Tacoma community is invited to a public dedication event celebrating the completion of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) mural at Tollefson Plaza (17th and Pacific in Tacoma) on October 7, from 11 AM – noon. Lead artist Dionne Bonner describes this milestone as one that sets the stage for future community gatherings and healthy civic dialogue in Tacoma.
The BLM Mural Project Tacoma recognizes that BLM and this mural represent the stories, histories, and values of the local Black community gathered over the course of months through surveys, conversations, and creative participation. The wrap-around mural at Tollefson Plaza was completed in September 2022.
The City of Tacoma Human Rights Commission’s Racial Justice and Equity Committee had proposed creating the BLM mural to signify that Tacoma supports Black lives and the BLM movement.
Lead artist Dionne Bonner’s BLM mural project team was comprised of local artists Kenya Adams, Gwen Jones, Danielle Jordan, Breyahna Monet, Brian Neal Sr., Tyirell Patterson and Charles Taylor.
The BLM mural was funded and coordinated in partnership between the City of Tacoma and the Tacoma Art Museum, with support from the City’s Human Rights Commission, Tacoma Arts Commission, and Tacoma Creates.
I would rather get a root canal thank you!
Please stop giving credence to the organization Black Lives Matter (BLM) which is nothing more than a racist front organization dedicated to the founders’ enrichment. Do a Google search for “BLM investigations” and you’ll get 2,550,000 hits detailing the criminality that lie behind “BLM”. Mural yes. Black struggle yes. Expressions of community yes. BUT name it after something other than a criminal enterprise.
We don’t need anymore symbolism and gestures in the Native Black communities. What we need is repair. BLM was co-oped from it’s original grassroots founding members Darren Seals and others who all was found murdered. What the Black community need is repair (Reparations). The State of California AB3121 is leading example of how we can start with the implementation on a State level and Federal level. Anything else is just symbolism and making some individual organizations bank accounts swell. This is just profit off if black deaths and their families did not receive one dime from the organization. Please do your homework people. If you want to support the black communities, support reparations and a black agenda. Anything is a con game. Thanks