March & Rally in Santa Roa, Wednesday, May 1st
Wednesday, May 1st - March & Rally in Santa Rosa
The march will go through the Santa Rosa Plaza Mall, singing “Children Must Be Free” (to the tune of “We Shall Overcome”). Come join the march — demand that private detention camps holding innocent children and separating families, must be closed and families reunited.
Gather in Roseland by the Dollar Tree store on Sebastopol Road, 2:30 pm for a rally and music. March begins at 3:30. Will arriving at Courthouse Square by 4:45 with a rally featuring community speakers from 4:45 to 6:00. All are encouraged to join this family friendly celebration of community empowerment.
CHILDREN MUST BE FREE!
(to the tune of ‘We Shall Overcome’)
Children must be free
Children must be free
Children must be free today
Deep in our hearts
We know it’s true
Children must be free today!
Close detention camps
Close detention camps
Close detention camps today
Prisons and cages
Are no places for kids
Children must be free today!
Welcome refugees
Unite all families
Close detention camps today
Deep in our heart
We know it’s true
Children must be free today!
In the United States since 2006, May Day has been a day to take action for immigrant rights. Internationally, it has been a day to recognize workers’ rights. Recently the two have merged with the realization that we need both political and economic rights to achieve justice.
This year the coalition has expanded to include the Sonoma County Tenants’ Union and the launching of their membership drive. May Day will be a day to celebrate community. The importance of the day was most articulately stated by the historian Howard Zinn:
“The really critical thing isn’t who is sitting in the White House, but who is sitting in – in the streets, in the cafeterias, in the halls of government, in the factories. Who is protesting, who is occupying offices and demonstrating. Those are the things that determine what happens.”
