Activists bearing four-foot high placards spelling out "Essential" and masks donning the number "121," representing the number of days since NY started its "shelter in place" order stand behind Eva Conyers, security officer at a homeless shelter in Manh as she addresses essential workers in front of the Trump International Hotel at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, who have assembled to speak out and demand that those in power begin to rewrite the rules and reimagine our economy and democracy so that Black communities can thrive. Workers of all races also demand that the Senate and the President pass the HEROES Act that provides PPE, essential pay and extended unemployment benefits.