By Jennifer Conn Akron
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AKRON, Ohio Every Thursday and Sunday, a group of altruists, or maybe just good neighbors, come together to do good works on behalf of Akron’s homeless.
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Every Thursday and Sunday a group of Akronites and Clevelanders of all ages come together to do good works on behalf of Akron’s homeless
Serve the People formed last summer after Black Lives Matter and other protests began dying down because the group wanted to keep humanitarian momentum going
The group cleans up homeless encampments and delivers food and supplies based on homeless people’s needs
Still from Judas and the Black Messiah. Fair use
In the summer of 2020, the United States, as in much of the world, experienced an uptick in activism around the issue of racial oppression. The recent increase in police killings of Black people, exemplified by George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, was answered by the militancy of those who have simply had too much. Black Lives Matter has witnessed new political activism from scores of regular young Black people who became involved in campaigns against police racism, brutality, and abuse. These protests have reached a point of changing the consciousness of people across racial and national barriers.