
Friends, and family will honor Philando Castile on Sunday, marking six years since the cafeteria worker was shot and killed by Saint Anthony police officer, Jeronimo Yanez.
Schoolmate, Adrian Perryman, helps organize the annual event, which starts at 1 p.m. at Toni Stone Field in St. Paul.
"It's a big community celebration," said Perryman. "There's fantastic food, there's activities for kids, and there are opportunities to connect with other community organizations."

The celebration is open to the public. "The Minnesota State Fair is not just for Minnesotans and the Selby Ave Jazz Fest is just not for people on Selby," Perryman said. "It's for everyone. You don't have to know anybody. You'll meet somebody, and you'll support a great cause."
The "great cause" is a fundraiser, one way that Castile's legacy lives on. Every year a student from Central High School, Castile's alma mater, receives a five thousand dollar scholarship.
"I know one student who just graduated, who is going on to medical school," said Perryman. "We have other students who've gone into real estate, and we have a couple of students still in college."
Perryman says Castile's loss can still be felt today. He says the shocking death served as an unfortunate motivator, bringing police brutality close to home.
"We saw it on TV in other parts of the country," he said, "but it didn't really trigger some people locally until it happened to somebody who was their classmate, their co-worker, someone who knew their kids. It really got people going, and has led to so much more advocacy."
It's that advocacy that inspired one of Castile's close friends to go from protestor to lawmaker.
State Representative, John Thompson, spoke with WCCO's Adam Carter. "Something that people don't know about Philando, is he loved the state of Minnesota. He loved the Vikings," said Thompson while pointing out an irony.
"The state he loved, is the state that took him away from us."