On Saturday, August 28, students, a city council member, and others held a “Let’s Keep Moving” gathering in Piedmont Park to focus on the ongoing fight for racial justice in Piedmont and beyond.
The event was put on by the Youth Anti-Racism Project (YARP) and Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC). Speakers at the event included:
- Welcome Diana Lee, Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC)
- City councilwoman Jennifer Smith Cavenaugh
- Kay Sibal and Athene La Jeunesse from Youth Anti-Racism Project (YARP) (youthantiracismproject@gmail.com)
- Jennifer Long from PREC (piedmontracialequity@gmail.com)
- Grace Davies and Anjuli Turner from Piedmont for Oakland Public Schools (POPS) (www.popsproject.org)
- Veronica Anderson Thigpen from Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee (PADC) http://www.padc.info/
- Hannah Swernoff on behalf of the Elementary Teachers Collective
- Sage Mosley and Jenna Kim on behalf of the Havens Mentorship program
Harmonee Price (student at MHS) – member of the Black Student Union, Youth Anti-Racism Project (YARP) and Piedmont for Oakland Public Schools (POPS) 
Community member speaks during open forum 
Diana Lee, one of the co-founders of Piedmont Racial Equity Campaign (PREC) 
Hannah Swernoff, teacher at Wildwood and speaking on behalf of the Elementary Teacher Collective supporting anti-racism work in elementary schools 
Jennifer Long, PREC co-founder 
Athene La Jeunesse 
Casey Hidekawa, PHS alumni doing the Land Acknowledgement for the event. 