Boston's
Unfinished March for Jobs, Freedom and Justice
Submitted by
ujpadmin1 on Sat, 08/03/2013 - 5:12pm.
When: Wednesday,
August 28, 2013, 4:30 pm
Where:
54th Regiment
Statue in front of State House • Beacon St • Boston Common • Boston
An Event Marking
the 50th Anniversary of the March on
Washington
The Boston
Workers Alliance, Inc. has issued a clarion call for a mobilization in Boston on
the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington. A coalition of neighborhood
organizations, base building community organizing groups, labor unions, civil
rights organizations, and faith communities will gather to mark “re-remember,
re-imagine, and relive the March for our times.
We are holding
Boston’s Unfinished March for Jobs, Freedom & Justice on Wednesday, August
28, 2013 4:30pm on the Boston Common.
With the recent
tragic verdict in the Zimmerman case, and the loss of the Section 5 of the
Voting Rights Act, we feel called to organize and mobilize to address the
continued devaluing of Black people, Black bodies, and Black political and
economic interests. The recent developments remind us that many of us are
still vulnerable to violence at the hands of police and citizens who wrongfully
believe that they have the power to track police and violate the dignity of
Black people. Equally important is our call to respect the rights and dignity
of immigrants seeking their full human rights. High unemployment and
underemployment of Black and Brown people remains persistent, structural and
unaddressed.
Fifty years ago
the movement connected these issues with the March on Washington for Jobs
& Freedom. It is time for us to look anew at the significance of the
moment because of the Fierce Urgency of Now.
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