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Roosevelt Island Residents Gather Together At Meditation Steps For Vigil And Program To Remember May 25, 2020 Murder Of George Floyd – Organized By RIRA Public Safety Committee And Young Generation Of Roosevelt Island March For Justice Activists

June 4, 2021 8:09 pmApril 4, 2025 7:30 pm

A year ago yesterday, June 3, 2020, a group of young Roosevelt Island activists were among the organizers of an inspiring Roosevelt I…

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One Year After Vigil And Program In Memory Of George Floyd’s Murder Tuesday May 25 At Roosevelt Island Meditation Steps Hosted By RIRA Public Safety Committee And RI March For Justice Organizers

May 24, 2021 1:30 pmApril 4, 2025 7:29 pm

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RIRA Youth Committee Chair Comments On Partial Justice In Conviction Of Derek Chauvin For Murder Of George Floyd And Encourages Continued Dialogue With Local Youth And Young Roosevelt Island March For Justice Organizers

April 26, 2021 7:20 pmApril 4, 2025 7:28 pm

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Black Artists Through History Series Inspired By The Roosevelt Island March For Justice, Take The Drawing Challenge Says RIRA Youth Committee Chair – Lesson 5 On Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fought Racial And Economic Injustice With Artistic Passion

October 7, 2020 1:56 pmApril 4, 2025 7:27 pm

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Meet Roosevelt Island Fall For Arts Festival Artist Savior Elmundo – His Black Lives Matter 3D Mural Pops And Makes People Think

October 3, 2020 8:28 pmApril 4, 2025 7:27 pm

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The Day The U.S. Was Shot In The Back – RIRA Children, Youth & Education Committee Chair On Shooting Of Jacob Blake, Creates Art To Keep Pledge With Roosevelt Island Youth On Addressing Systemic Racial Injustices

September 9, 2020 7:46 pmApril 4, 2025 7:26 pm

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After Jacob Blake Kenosha Shooting, Roosevelt Island Residents Join Silent Black Lives Matter March Last Wednesday Evening From Good Shepherd Plaza To Manhattan Park Lawn

August 28, 2020 4:53 pmApril 4, 2025 7:27 pm

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Black Artists Through History Series Inspired By The Roosevelt Island March For Justice, Take The Drawing Challenge Says RIRA Youth Committee Chair – Lesson 4 On Artist Ajamu Kojo, Portrait Painter Exploring 1921 Racial Violence That Destroyed Black Wall Street In Tulsa Oklahoma

August 27, 2020 1:05 pmApril 4, 2025 7:27 pm

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Black Artists Through History Series Inspired By The Roosevelt Island March For Justice, Take The Drawing Challenge Says RIRA Youth Committee Chair – Lesson 3 On Artist Kehinde Wiley, Painted Portrait Of President Obama And Rumors Of War Sculpture Speaking Back To Confederate Monuments

August 6, 2020 3:26 pmApril 4, 2025 7:26 pm

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Black Artists Through History Lesson 2, Folk Musicians By Painter Romare Howard Bearden – Inspired By The Roosevelt Island March For Justice, Take The Drawing Challenge Says RIRA Youth Committee Chair

July 28, 2020 2:56 pmApril 4, 2025 7:25 pm