In a crowd of several hundred people Wednesday at Chinatown’s Wilma Chan Park, the names and bells filled the empty courtyard and surrounding streets, marking the grievous losses in the wake …
OAKLAND — When the names were read aloud, it seemed like every ear leaned forward to hear the sound of a responding bell.
Community members gather during a candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and East Oakland shootings and remember the latest victims of gun violence at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The event was organized by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund.
Homies Empowerment founder Dr. Cesar Cruz, center, and members of the community gather during a candlelight vigil in honor to the mass shooting victims of the Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and Oakland and remember the latest victims of gun violence at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The event was organized by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund.
Chinatown Chamber of Commerce president Carl Chan, center, Homies Empowerment founder Dr. Cesar Cruz, right, and members of the community gather during a candlelight vigil in honor to the mass shooting victims of the Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and East Oakland and remember the latest victims of gun violence at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The event was organized by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund.
Speakers who followed shared their grief, passion, anger and resolve with crowd members who laid flowers, lit incense and shared tears and prayers before a long row of pictures and names. But she said she took heart in seeing what she described as “the widest variety of organizations I’ve seen in a long time, everything from conservative business groups to national advocacy groups to young activist groups.”
Chea, a former Bakersfield resident with family members living across Southern California, said she had worked to deal with being away from family. “The friends I came with today, we had a whole dumpling-making party. We’re trying to find community, even here. It just made me realize how far away I was from my family. I really wish I was also there for them during this time.”
Zand said ARTogether works to use art to bring people, particularly immigrants and refugees, together, and hoped that people unable to attend the vigil would treat victims as more than just names. Dr. Cesar Cruz, founder of Homies Empowerment, pays respects as he decorate a makeshift memorial during a candlelight vigil in honor to the mass shooting victims of the Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay and East Oakland and remember the latest victims of gun violence at Wilma Chan Park in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The event was organized by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund.
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