“Images that Changed the Narrative – Stories Behind the Faces” represents a statement of protest through imagery that “Enough is Enough!” We have seen the recurring images from America’s early history to the current season of African Americans whose lives have been stolen through the harsh brutality of vigilantes, mobs, police, and other sanctioned violence. Images, drawings, photographs, film, television, and now social media bring to light the brutality of the African American existence in this country–from the slave trade, to the middle passage, through the black codes, Jim Crow segregation, terrorist lynchings and bombings, mob riots, to mass incarceration. Images report, document, and offer proof to the truth of our suffering. 
 
We invite you to engage in our shout to our community: “Educate yourselves, wake up!” Our plea to others to open their eyes to see our reality! Change! It’s our unending cry for the respect of our basic humanity! A remembrance of the bloody sacrifice of over 400 years of oppression. Embrace the historical images that tell the story of the sacrifices that have brought us thus far on our way. Remember and honor those whose lives were taken all too soon due to unquestionably brutal and/or unnecessary circumstances, a number that continues to grow week by week. View their faces, hear their stories, understand their and our pain. Pause for a moment of reflection and prayer.
 
The images in this exhibit were selected and designed to evoke raw emotion, prompt your prayers, and encourage deep thinking for an active response. The faces remind us of the humanity of those whose blood has been shed; the numbers of faces you will experience are just a small fraction of the countless named and unnamed, documented and more often undocumented victims traumatized over the centuries.

Experience with us “Images that Changed the Narrative – Stories Behind the Faces.”

This free, outdoor exhibit on the Golden Gate Church parking lot will be displayed November 5-29, 2020: Each Thursday – Saturday (10AM to 6PM) and Sundays (3PM to 6PM). 

Come Look – Listen – Feel – Care – Pray – Do Something!