Eye on Eye Street

Marching for Justice

On June 9, a group of Gonzaga students and recent graduates marched silently from Eye Street to the U.S. Capitol in protest of systemic racism and the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. The march was led by Onyx Club president Simon Armstrong ’22 and was one of several ways the Gonzaga community came together in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement across the country. “It is humbling and rewarding to see our students center Black and brown voices during this troubling, but hopefully transformational time,” says Devon Leary, Gonzaga’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. “Black Lives Matter and these young men give us hope.”