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GEORGE FLOYD GLOBAL MEMORIAL 3RD ANNUAL RISE & REMEMBER EVENT

January 5, 2023

Minneapolis, MN – A candlelight vigil will be held on May 25th at George Floyd Square to honor the life and legacy of George Floyd as well as those we have lost due to the impacts of systemic racism.

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At George Floyd Square and beyond, the vow to never forget continues (Star Tribune)

May 20, 2023

On Friday, Angela Harrelson peered through her car’s windshield and grinned at the scene around George Floyd Square in Minneapolis nearly three years after the police murder of her nephew George Floyd.

The New York Times Opinion | George Floyd and the Fading Signs of Black Lives Matter

May 20, 2022

Two years after George Floyd’s murder, the street art created during that summer’s uprising — and the hope it inspired — is fading away.

Minneapolis Volunteers Collect Remembrances For George Floyd Permanent Memorial (NPR)

December 28, 2020

Thousands have left remembrances at the Minneapolis street where George Floyd was killed. Now residents and volunteer art conservators are working to preserve them for a potential permanent memorial.