Roseburg Black Lives Matter supporters host protests

Roseburg Black Lives Matter supporters host protests

Is alive in douglas county as local activists fight to have their voices heard.

Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza shows us why some roseburg supporters feel like it's so important to speak up in a smaller community.

Trt: 1:25 00:00 take lower take a look at these images.

These were taken in the last few weeks& as dozens of people stood in solidarity with the black lives matter movement at protests right here in roseburg.

00:10 alana lenihan, member, douglas county common ground coalition:?we had huge support from people driving by.

A lot of honking, a lot of waving, a lot of support from the community?

Alana lenihan helped organize these protests along with the douglas county common ground coalition.

Theye a group working to address world issues&just like black lives matter.

"wee not having the conversations.

It one side over the other?

Lenihan says there has been some hate from the community.

But, she says these rallies are a way for those in douglas county to have a voice.?but theses are social justice issues.

And these are issues we can get behind together?

00:41 evita: "another blm supporter i spoke to agrees, which is why she organized her own rally... outside of the common ground coalition?

Organizer juniper mcdonald says it time to educute those who don understand what blm stands for.

Mcdonald phoner:?i don believe in living in fear.

I believe so much more in equal rights and humanity?

As for lenihan& she says she happy to lend her support to mcdonald.?that what we wanna do.

We all live here, we choose to live here.

This is where we wanna be, but we have a right to live here in peace?

The protest is tomorrow at noon in front of fred meyer on garden valley blvd.

In roseburg evita garza kezi 9 news.