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As thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C. to commemorate the March on Washington, Black Lives Matter DC held space for the families of those killed by state violence in the DC area. These loved ones are too often erased, forgotten and unknown and as a result not being uplifted during national actions held here in D.C.

As part of our Black August 2020 events, we brought together families of Black lives taken by the state during a virtual vigil. Due to COVID-19 we limited the in-person attendees to family and the vigil was live streamed.

BLMDC was honored to provide meals and housing accommodations for families who flew across the country. The day after the vigil, we accompanied these families to the March on Washington. We worked tirelessly with the event organizers to ensure that local families were included and uplifted during this national event as they seldom are. It was a powerful moment and we were honored to have been able to accompany them.