The group Youth Jobs & Power Union marched from the Boston Common to City Hall in the afternoon of May 20th. The group of approximately fifty, carried signs and mock coffins, symbolizing the death of both minority youth and job opportunities. Many of the signs highlighted the giant funding disparity between jobs creation and law enforcement.
Read MoreStay Woke: From Baltimore to Boston Rally
The groups We Are the Ones and the Tufts Pan African Alliance organized a rally starting in Mattapan Square on Saturday May 2nd.
Read MoreBaltimore Solidarity Rally
On Wednesday April 29, protesters gathered at Schroeder Plaza, next to the Boston Police Headquarters, to rally against police violence and show solidarity with protesters in Baltimore.
Read MoreFreedom Spring: Mass Mobilization Against Police Violence
On Saturday, April 18 about one hundred people gather to protest police violence in Boston and nationwide. It was the first of the continuing protests I've attended this spring, the last event was the Reclaim MLK March on January 19.
Read MoreRelcaim MLK Four-Mile March
On January 19 around one thousand people gathered at the Old State House (sight of the Boston Massacre) to march on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There was a planned four-mile march in solidarity with similar events going on in at least twenty-eight other cities under the hashtag #ReclaimMLK.
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