Help support Oakland businesses vandalized in the 1/7/09 protest-gone-bad


	Help support Oakland businesses vandalized in the 1/7/09 protest-gone-bad

Lexica

1-9-2009 12:29 PM

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oakland, community, activism, business, violence

Lexica says:

"We cannot reverse the killing of Oscar Grant. We cannot reverse the real damage and the emotional scars wrought by Wednesday night’s attacks. What we can do is come together to support our community."

If you live or work in Oakland, please help.

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