So, the "CentreTown Helpers" has been relatively quiet during the police action. People are not going out unless they absolutely have to, so not much call for safety walks. We have a few people still delivering food, but even that has slowed to a crawl. So we have, like a couple hundred community activists on Discord just chatting, watching and waiting.
So now one idea that has come up is how we go about reclaiming the space. I thought about going to Staples, grabbing 100 boards, large sticky notes and markers. Letting people put up messages of hope, love and thanks. Both signs I took to the counter protest were signs of thanks. One side said "Thank you vaccinated truckers" and the other side said "Thank you health care workers, essential workers, teachers and Zexi" (and that was before I even met her).
One other idea was to poster every pole downtown with positive messages. They have wallpapered the downtown with messages of hate and we need to reclaim it.
I am, along with a few hundred others, still thinking on what we can do. But I am a little giddy this morning that we will soon have a chance to take back our streets.
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