Jan31

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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

 

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  5. “When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” ~ Maya Angelou

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  17. It was so inspiring seeing so many people out in the streets standing up for human decency and defending out democracy. I wasn’t able to be out there yesterday (attending a school event for grandmothers!) but I will be out there again. This is the time to step up.

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  35. Thank you for continuing to protest. I did, too, in Saturday’s cold here in southern Minnesota some 50 miles from Minneapolis. We had our biggest turn out ever with around 80 people. That may not seem like much. But we are a “red” city with a population of not quite 25,000. I feel the tide turning, momentum building.

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