Black Lives Matter at Work
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18<br />
FERGUSON<br />
The McDonalds Where It Happened<br />
Jeanina Jenkins, Show Me 15<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong> opened my eyes up was when August 9 happened. I worked <strong>at</strong> th<strong>at</strong><br />
McDonalds where it happened. I heard those gunshots <strong>at</strong> work. Th<strong>at</strong><br />
woke me up. I got off work and saw Michael Brown’s stepf<strong>at</strong>her on the<br />
corner with a sign. I’ve never seen <strong>Black</strong> people come together and want<br />
to fight back like this. So many people came together—no m<strong>at</strong>ter where<br />
they were from.<br />
As a woman, I could let it happen or do something about it. It’s been<br />
going on for years. This time, I felt like a had a role to play to support my<br />
<strong>Black</strong> men and brown men. In this fight, the power th<strong>at</strong> we have is, we’re<br />
always the ones who are leading. We have a voice th<strong>at</strong> people want to<br />
listen to and people want to tune in<br />
to. I knew how to talk to people,<br />
while Show Me 15 showed me how<br />
to organize.<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong> keeps me going? The people.<br />
The people keep me going. The<br />
youth, our gener<strong>at</strong>ion, keeps me<br />
going. My niece keeps me going. I<br />
want them to be able to afford to go<br />
to school. You’ve got to keep<br />
fighting and keep getting people<br />
involved.
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