Protesters hold signs outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. The protest featured speeches, poetry, and music from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Protesters gather outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. The protest featured speeches, poetry, and music from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Grace Clark sings and plays guitar during a protest outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. The protest featured speeches, poetry, and music from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Protesters hold signs outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. The protest featured speeches, poetry, and music from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Protesters hold signs outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. The protest featured speeches, poetry, and music from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Julia Bryan and Johnston Robare hold a sign during a protest outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. Bryan said she came to the protest to "show support for our Asian brothers and sisters and Pacific Islanders... and also send a message to our White brothers and sisters that we need to do our part, get educated, and listen".
Benjamin Cheang holds a flag outside the Colorado State Capitol during a protest March 27. The protest featured speeches, poetry, and music from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
A woman performs her poem, "Model Minority", outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. The poem recounted her experiences growing up as a member of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
Ben Nguyen speaks to the crowd outside the Colorado State Capitol during a protest March 27, before performing an original song about the pain of losing a loved one. Nguyen learned to play guitar during quarantine and came to the protest "to grieve... and to kind of share that vulnerability, and to... be with my community".
A man speaks to the crowd at a protest outside the Colorado State Capitol March 27. During his speech, he addressed stereotypes and called on the audience to "stop reading White" if they wished to better understand the challenges faced by Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.
