In the spirit of #blacklivesmatter, we are calling on a change to the country’s NAME which celebrates the genocide of native peoples, white supremacy, and settler-colonialism. We in the bay area like to think we are progressive and anti-racist, but we need to step up and do the work to hold one another accountable.

Many have already turned away from Christopher Columbus, tearing down and defacing his statue in many cities. Amerigo Vespucci is only more of the same, whom the Americas were named after. We can be better!