Solidarity rally in Chinatown's Portsmouth Square

 

We showed up for the victims of the massacre in Georgia and for all Asian American communities feeling the hate.

Shaw San Liu spoke for the Chinese Progressive Association which had called Saturday's rally.

We are hurt. We are angry. We are tired. We also know that in moments like this, we must call for action. We also need to come together to grieve and acknowledge the collective hurt and pain our community is feeling.

This is San Francisco -- we came in all kinds.

 

Some signs were utilitarian.

 

Others were clearly home-brewed.

 

Some were appropriately angry.

Some participants decorated the plaza; others wrote notes to the Atlanta Asian American community.

 

Some shared a lesson with a child who had their own message.

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It felt novel after a year sheltering inside to be back rallying among one of my tribes, the activists who turn out in public. Several of us said to each other that we knew were acquainted with far more people present than we'd spoken with -- but couldn't identify them because of masks. This too will pass.