"On Friday, a 'National Day of Action' is planned, encouraging people to avoid shopping, school and work in solidarity with protesters in Minnesota. Across the street from the VA in Menlo Park, community members gathered on Thursday evening to remember and honor Alex Pretti. The 37-year-old was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend. Pretti worked at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as an ICU nurse."
"San Francisco resident Josh Zeier said this moment in time feels like a turning point. "I don't think I've ever cried so much over someone I never met and so, I just really like it was really important to say something and to do something to honor his memory and to speak to the values that we hold as people who work in healthcare and take care of Veterans every day," Zeier said."
"We spoke with worker and owner Adrien Sanderson of Arizmendi Bakery, a cooperatively-run bakery. "We felt that, that was part of what it meant to be in solidarity that these small inconveniences were so insignificant to what is actually happening to the country and it is the least that we can do to manage these inconveniences on our end in order to stand in solidarity," Sanderson said."
Community members and organizations gathered near the Menlo Park VA to remember Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. Veterans for Peace, Raging Grannies and a government employees union joined the event. Organizers encouraged a National Day of Action urging people to avoid shopping, school and work in solidarity with Minnesota protesters. Small businesses across the Bay Area, including a running store and cooperatively-run bakeries, closed for the day. Workers and owners described the closures as minor inconveniences compared with nationwide concerns and as a way for federal employees who cannot strike to show support.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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