Candlelight vigil honoring George Floyd held in Edmonds
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Edmonds School District’s Beverly Elementary PTA held an hour-long peaceful candlelight vigil on Monday, June 3, in memory of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a White Minneapolis Police Department officer last week. Shawn Green, co-president of the Beverly Elementary PTA, along with families from the Woodway, […]
Local high schooler organizes protest, leads hundreds of attendees peacefully
By: Erin Freeman | Lynnwood Times Staff Hundreds of local high school students gathered on Tuesday, June 2 at the intersection of 164th Street SE and Bothell-Everett Highway, adding their voices to nationwide protests demanding an end to police brutality. Daeton Oclaray, a North Creek High School Student, organized the event in solidarity against racial […]
Night of student expression at Meadowdale Middle School
by Luke Putvin The first week of February saw Edmonds School District hosting several Black Lives Matter Events, one of which was the night of “Celebrating Black Youth Expression and Leaders.” The event was held at Meadowdale Middle School. Last year, a grassroots committee was helping to put these events together, but because of the […]
