Flagstaff Community Members Join Statewide Actions for Equal Rights
by ~N
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Marching through the streets of downtown Flagstaff on January 21st, northern Arizona community members carried messages of democracy, liberty, and justice, demanding real change within our community.
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Flagstaff Community Members Join Statewide Actions for Equal Rights
Marching through the streets of downtown Flagstaff on January 21st, northern Arizona community members carried messages of democracy, liberty, and justice, demanding real change within our community. In the wake of recent ICE raids throughout northern Arizona, the January 1st murder of Oscar Grant III in Oakland, CA, the invasion and occupation of Palestine, and countless acts of oppression around the world, today’s march signified a united voice against state oppression and serves as a direct call for the community to come together for justice.
Beginning at 2:30pm, members of the NAU and Coconino High School MEChA Chapters, the Flagstaff Repeal Coalition, and other concerned community members gathered in Flagstaff’s Wheeler Park. Displaying colorful banners and signs, more than 30 people began their unpermitted march through downtown. Their chants of “si se puede,” “the people united will never be divided,” and “what do we want? JUSTICE!,” echoed through the nearly empty business district.
Returning to the Flagstaff City Hall, community members continued to voice their opposition to fascist laws and dictators including Joe Arpaio, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the complicity of most “representatives.”
As the day’s action came to a close, Flagstaff community members spoke of their thanks fullness and encouraged others to become further involved. With on-going injustices and oppression, now is the time to demand for change and to hold representatives accountable for their crimes.
Another Statewide Equal Rights march is planned for February 25th.
The Repeal Coalition can be contacted at http://www.myspace.com/repealcoalition
The People United Will Never Be Divided.
March 2
by ~N
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at 8:48 PM
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