GALLERY: PHOTOS FROM WAVERLY RACIAL JUSTICE PROTEST

ANNIKA WALL, TRUMPET CREATIVE DIRECTOR

PHOTOGRAPHER’S FOREWORD: Members of the Waverly community hosted Pam Egli, district 32 candidate for the Iowa Senate, on Sunday at Kohlmann Park in Waverly, IA. Starting at 2 p.m., members held signs supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot and wounded in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before Egli spoke at 3 p.m. The group has met every Sunday beginning in June at the corner of Bremer Avenue and 1^st Street NW. The protest was held in affiliation with Black Lives Matter to Bremer County

Members of the Waverly community listen to Pam Egli, district 32 candidate for the Iowa Senate, discuss the Black Lives Matter movement.
Protesters held up printed and cardboard signs in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before hearing Egli speak.
Pam Egli, left, spoke to a group of approximately 25 community members on Sunday, August 30.
Individuals gathered at Kohlmann Park in Waverly to protest the death of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot and wounded by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and to hear Pam Egli, district 32 candidate for Iowa Senate, speak.
Pam Egli, district 32 candidate for Iowa Senate, answered questions from community members.
(From left to right) Jessica Nolte, Mariah Birgen and Brian Birgen stood on the corner of Bremer Avenue and 1st Street NW. Cars honked in support as they drove by.
Community members, many holding signs in support of Black Lives Matter, listen to Pam Egli speak at Kohlmann Park on Saturday, August 30.