Note from WOW Dems leadership: The list below is a digest of the North TX George Floyd/BLM/Justice protests & events of which WOW Dems has been made aware. WOW Dems is not the host or organizer of any of these events. We’re just sharing the info. Therefore, we urge you to research the events before you go. If we didn’t provide a link for an event listed below, it’s because we couldn’t find one; if you’re interested in one of those, we encourage you to Google it and/or get in touch with your town’s or county’s Democratic or social justice groups to inquire if they know more about that specific event. Please practice standard Covid-19 precautions and review any Covid-related guidelines set forth by the events’ organizers.
If you are aware of any events that are missing from this list, please get in touch with us ASAP at communications@wowdems.org so they can be added.*
Be safe, stay strong, and stand for justice! (Review ACLU-TX Free Speech & Right to Protest info)
Wed., June 3, 2020
Coppell: Peaceful Protest in Coppell, 4 p.m., Pavilion by City Hall (255 Parkway Blvd.)
Denton: Denton Peaceful Anti Racism/Police Brutality Protest, 1 p.m., Denton Co. Courthouse-on-the-Square
Flower Mound: Protest at SW corner of 1171 (Cross Timbers Rd) & 2499 (Long Prairie Rd) – on the corner where Flower Mound Town Center shopping center is. No official FB event or website for this protest; a couple hundred people have been organizing there organically every day between 1:30-7 p.m.
Plano: Justice for George Floyd, 4 p.m. at Haggard Park
Richardson: Peaceful Protest, 5:30, Berkner Park (1800 E. Spring Valley Rd.)
Thurs., June 4, 2020
Addison: 4:30 p.m., 4970 Addison Circle
Arlington: 4 p.m., Community Conversation & Peaceful Protest at Stovall Park (2800 W Sublett Rd.)
Dallas: Silent Protest and Mourning, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., City Hall
Highland Village – BLM Rally, 5:30 p.m., NE corner of Justin Rd. and Village Pkwy, Highland Village
McKinney: A Gathering of our Collin Co. Churches, 7 p.m., Collin Co. Courthouse, 2100 Bloomdale Rd.
Online event: Kidlit Rally for Black Lives, 7-8:45 p.m.
Richardson: Protest for George Floyd at Richardson Civic Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m., 411 W. Arapaho
Friday, June 5, 2020
Dallas: Blue for Black Lives Matter, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Dallas Police Dept.
Dallas: The Strategy Rally Part Two, 2-7 p.m., Dallas City Hall
Mansfield: A March for Justice, 2 p.m. (meet at Mansfield HS at 3001 E Broad St. & march down Broad St.)
McKinney: Silent march for 8 mins, 46 seconds, 4:45 p.m. at Ron Poe Stadium (1 Duvall St.) – wear all black if you can
Princeton: BLM March, 5 p.m., 735-799 N Fourth St (near police station)
Richardson: Walking Floyd for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, 6-8:30 p.m., Floyd Rd. (route here)
Sat., June 6, 2020
Arlington: Black Lives Matter Protest Arlington, 5 p.m., Arlington Police Department (620 W. Division)
Dallas: Dallas Stand Up For Justice, 2-4:30 p.m. in Belo Park
Dallas: Family March Against Hate, 9-10:15 a.m., Preston Ridge Trail (see map in FB event)
Ennis: Standing For Justice Event, 2pm-3pm
Farmersville: March for Unity, Equality, and Justice, 9:30 a.m., Farmersville Onion Shed (see poster for details)
Ft. Worth: Art Protest, 3-6 p.m., West 7th St.
Frisco: We Can’t Breathe…Peaceful Protest, 3 p.m., Warren Sports Complex
Plano: George Floyd Vigil for Peace and Justice, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Haggard Park (901 E. 15th St.)
Richardson: “I can’t breathe” March and Solidarity Event, 10 a.m. – 12:35 p.m., DART’s Arapaho Center Station (march from there to city hall)
Southlake: March for Racial Equality, 2 p.m., Southlake Town Square (1560 E Southlake Blvd., starting across the street from city hall)
Sun., June 7, 2020
Anna: March For Unity – A Youth Led Demonstration, 2 p.m.
Plano: Hungry for Change: I Stand With You. A Call to Action, 3-6 p.m., K Ave.
Wylie: BLM Peaceful Protest, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Olde City Park
Mon., June 8, 2020
Irving: Black Lives Matter Peaceful Protest, 6:30 p.m., meet at W. 2nd Street and N. Sowers Rd.; march will proceed toward city hall
Thurs., June 11, 2020
Grapevine: Advocates for Unity, 6-8 p.m., 121 Community Church (peaceful rally for unity)
*For those who cannot march, please consider donating to this bail fund group. They do good work on behalf of helping protestors who’ve been arrested.