Mobilization for Sacred Sites and Human Rights in Flagstaff

Over a thousand people expected to converge in Flagstaff to march for Sacred Sites and Human Rights on March 25th

The March for Sacred Sites and Human Rights will be held in association with the National Conference of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (Chicano/a Student Movement of Aztlan aka M.E.Ch.A.), which will be taking place at NAU during that week. The theme of the national M.E.Ch.A. conference is “Human Rights will not be Denied” and it is expected to bring over eight hundred high school and university students from throughout the US to NAU.

"Every year, M.E.Ch.A. marches on an issue that the local chapter has been engaged with," said Kesia Ceniceros female co-chair of M.E.Ch.A., "This year we have asked the Save the Peaks Coalition and other organizations to collaborate on our march to protect sacred sites and human rights of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

The March will start at 3pm on March 25th at the Aquatic Center on NAU on San Francisco St. and conclude at the Flagstaff City Hall. The people will gather at City Hall to make speeches and call for the Flagstaff City Council to rescind the vote to sell reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl. Those at the march representing the rights of immigrants want to end the dehumanization of migrants and stop anti-immigration legislation.

For more information regarding the “March for Sacred Sites – March for Human Rights” please contact Gabriel Yaiva at (928) 699-9601 or email yaiva@nativemovement.org . For more information visit the Native Movement website at www.nativemovement.org or call the office at (928) 213-9063. For More info on the M.E.Ch.A. conference visit www.nau.edu/mecha.

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