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On Sunday, May 20, 2018, event organizer Jhamel Robinson, center, grabbed some food from the grill at the "bbq'n side black" party on Lake Merritt, Oakland, California.On Sunday, May 20, 2018, event organizer Jhamel Robinson, center, grabbed some food from the grill at the "bbq'n side black" party on Lake Merritt, Oakland, California.Jamel Robinson did not disappoint him last year.It seems that he has not started yet.Last spring, a white woman called the police on two black men at a barbecue on Lake Merritt in Auckland.When the incident triggered a heated debate and a tense national dialogue on everyday racism, Robinson and Logan Cortes began working.The two organized bbq'n together by the lake.Robinson said at the time that the party was for the community, trying to bring "people of all ages and races together as a community ".Related: The video shows that the woman has made great success in the police during the barbecue on Lake Merritt;Up to 2000 people came to the lake with lawn chairs, games, music and their own BBQ.Now, Robinson wants to bring this activity back a second time, a little more structured --No contact with the woman named 9.1-1."It's a celebration of the darkness," Robinson told KTVU ."."But we also want our allies and community members there."Related content: a large party was held by the locals in Auckland. at the party, a woman called the police on the barbecue of a black man. She went to the crowdfunding website GoFundMe for 10,000 US dollars.Robinson and Cortes spent $700 last year on city permits.Robinson said that because more people are expected to need additional funding this year to cover licensing and security costs related to public activities.The event is tentatively scheduled for July 21."Initially as a response to racial injustice quickly bloomed into a loud call for love, community and culture," Robinson wrote on the GoFundMe page ."."BBQWB is about people of all races, genders and places of birth who come together in the spirit of what we call true Auckland!"Alyssa Pereira is a staff writer for SFGATE.Email her at apereira @ sfchronicle.Or find her on @ alyspereira's Twitter.