On April 15th, 2025, Gwen McKinney published an article titled:
Mass Protests in Black and White – Are We Showing Up? in Word in Black.
“From the podium at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall, Kadida Kenner, executive director of the New Pennsylvania Project, scanned the vast human landscape at the April 5 “Hands Off!” protest. Among the estimated 30,000 assembled, she made a stark observation: Black protesters were missing…
Multiracial protests are important public statements, says Kenner of Philadelphia, who describes such activities as “human yard signs.”
“Demonstrations are events, not movements,” Kenner says. “They proclaim to the world your beliefs, joining with people who share your values and say we are not alone.” Harkening to Fannie Lou Hamer: Nobody’s free until everybody’s free, Kenner stressed, “If we’re erased, the aim is to also deny the generational horrors that have been visited upon Black people. But our oppression impacts the nation.””