Alysa Wilson, 31, of Oakland, poses for a portrait in front of the Black Brown Unity mural at 14th and Broadway during a George Floyd protest at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, June 4, 2020. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed by a Minneapolis police officer last week.

“What I’ve learned from handling this collective grief at the same time as this personal one (her grandmother died in May) is that rest is productive. In order to be prepared to usher in the new systems that will serve us in the future, we need to take care of our bodies and minds, and rest.”