Black community hosts grieving and healing session for racial-injustice in U.S.
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Members in greater lafayette are hosting an online healing session right now.
This comes in response to the racial inequality and police brutality happening in the united states.
News 18's micah upshaw talked with two organizers today.
She tells us how this video-chat is working to bring unity at a local level.
00-05 r: i think all of us have collectively experienced this trauma of seeing george floyd murdered, sean reed murdered, breonna taylor murdered and we need to come together and really create a space of healing.
M: "the collective" is a caucus of the younger women's task force of greater lafayette.
The group works to address issues for black and brown people within the community.
While these killings are happening at the hands of police across the nation, activists say it still hits home.
R: the protests around the nation are about the blatant murder of black lives, the lack of care for black people's lives in this nation and at this point i think we all need to step up and do something about it and stop it really.
M: for "the collective" members rachel scarlett and vanessa pacheco.
The first step toward a solution is healing.
V: we're trying to make sure that the black community in this town has a space to grieve, has a space to process, has a space to really, before we take action together collectively, to really reflect on how it's impacting us individually.
M: a counselor who specializes in racial trauma will be leading the video- chat.
In addition to the group talking through the trauma, they'll also be singing freedom songs and working toward what's next.
V: we'll talk about what are some solutions that we want to come to together because as the folks that are the most impacted by violence, we want to make sure that we can come up with solutions together.
M: reporting in lafayette, micah upshaw.
News 18.
The video-chat session started at six p-m and will continue until 8.
For black community members interested in joining the chat, you can find that information on our website wlfi.com.
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