![]() ![]() She was nervous about what they might think. Much the opposite - they want them to live and flourish.įiel didn’t tell her parents about her involvement right away. Not that they want people to die for a cause, Fields told the room. If you get your food from the ground, you’ll be willing to fight and die for that ground.” “If you get your food from the store,” Fields said, “you’ll be willing to fight and die for the system that gave you that store. It’s a place where people can experience working in a flat hierarchy structure, learn how to produce their own food and lessen their reliance on the system. The garden, for example, is not just a garden. Through every program, they teach the community how to empower themselves. They file complaints against the police and observe stops in their neighborhoods. The Black Panthers of San Diego run a community garden, feed unhoused people and set up a free store on what used to be a site of gang activity. KPBS An attendee holds a Black Panter Party San Diego flag at the meet and greet at Malcolm X Library on Saturday, Aug. “They’re like, ‘Oh my god, there’s Panthers! Y’all are Panthers? What are you doing?’" “Every time we go out, it’s always like that,” Fiel said. Their iconic black berets, brought out of the history books and back into the streets of San Diego - grab attention. ![]() The Panthers were mostly active in the 1960s. ![]() “We’re here, we’re angry, we’re a lot of times facing a lot of violence - and then literally nothing is changing,” she said.įiel learned about the Black Panthers in a TV documentary and looked to see if they were still around. She said she “wasn’t really vibing with” the movements she saw around her - protests without followup. Many of the Panthers prefer to use pseudonyms for identity protection, saying the government still operates against radical Black organizations.įiel had been hunting for an outlet for what she calls revolutionary change. So if I’m saying I’m a Panther, then you’re going to see a Panther,” she said. “I like my speech and my action to align. ![]() At one end of the tables sits their minister of information, a 24-year-old dressed in all black, with curly hair spilling out of a beret. ![]()
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