Following an outrage of gun violence in the United States of America, local residents united at the Vancouver Art Gallery over the weekend in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
The gathering includes speeches about racial tension in the United States, along with discussion and singing.
Multiple police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota and the killings of five white police officers in Dallas has sparked an outrage across the border, with many hoping the dramatic events will conclude with a better sense of equality and unity among all races.
The Black Lives Matter movement was initially created in 2012 following the high profile shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.
#BlackLivesMatter gathering right NOW in #Vancouver. Come out! Vancouver Art Gallery. pic.twitter.com/empKTKfqON
— Olivia Cheng (@ThatOliviaCheng) July 10, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter #Vancouver #Respect
What a field day for the heat, a thousand people in the street… pic.twitter.com/256MPHq66G— Mathew Kagis (@OccupyMedic) July 10, 2016
"If you are not angry, you are not paying attention. Pay attention." #BlackLivesMatter rally in #Vancouver. @BLM_Van pic.twitter.com/ykBHYqvjRS
— Dan Fumano (@fumano) July 10, 2016
Vigil for #AltonSterling and #PhilandoCastile in #Vancouver. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/j56XiVMefi
— Malcolm Teller (@malcolmteller) July 10, 2016
Happening right now!#BlackLivesMatter #Vancouver #YVR #AntonSterling #PhilandoCastile pic.twitter.com/EpnxUFbyIn
— Adrian Neblett (@ebonyskygod) July 10, 2016
Hundreds of people attending #blacklivesmatter rally in downtown #Vancouver @BLM_Van #YVR pic.twitter.com/jvRMuI8PbO
— Kyle Donaldson (@donaldsonkyle) July 10, 2016
#BlackLivesMatter rally in #Vancouver now underway pic.twitter.com/95pmUkS7Ln
— Estefania Duran (@DuranCKNW980) July 10, 2016
A small portion of the folks assembled for @BLM_Van event downtown #Vancouver. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/tD9qaejQij
— Zachary Crispin (@ZacharyCrispin) July 10, 2016
From the #blacklivematter rally in Downtown Vancouver. @BLM_Van #iwalkwithyou pic.twitter.com/FzXCKpkoYU
— Sabrina Furminger (@sabrinarmf) July 10, 2016
Vancouver has never looked so beautiful – @YouealA pic.twitter.com/HuwlbsGcAv
— BlackLivesMatter YVR (@BLM_Van) July 10, 2016