on a cold and bright morning

at january’s end

the students organized

the townies arrived

 we stood together 

marched as one

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2,000+ students and local residents gathered on the university of michigan diag in ann arbor and marched across campus and through the city to protest the administration’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in michigan and across the nation.

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‘at this crucial time in our lives, when everything is so desperate, when every day is a matter of survival, i don’t think you can help but be involved.’

-nina simone, jazz singer, pianist, and civil rights activist 

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image credit Marcin Szczepański