First national Shabbaton conference for Jews of color to mark yahrzeit for George Floyd May 12, 2021 11:58 am A photo of George Floyd is pictured on a fence in Brooklyn, N.Y., alongside other victims of police brutality, Sept. 24, 2020. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — Across America, people whose lives changed when George Floyd was killed are planning to mark the one-year anniversary of his death this month. Floyd’s family is working to rebrand the date, May 25, as “Day of Enlightenment” because of how many people were awakened to issues of racial injustice by seeing video footage of Floyd die under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer. Concerts and public events will honor his legacy.