Los Brown Berets de SLC (Salt Lake City) led a large group of students and community members on a historic rally on the steps of the Utah State Capitol this past Thursday March 11, 2010. The purpose of the rally was to protest a series of Utah legislative bills that are extremely detrimental to the state's racial and ethnic minorities. "Still We Rise" outlined 7 bills that diminishes the quality of life of marginalized communities that include Mexicans and other Latinos, Polynesians, American Indians and other minorities in the state of Utah.
The Brown Beret official rally statement declared, "We the Communities take back the power to declare our inalienable rights that have been promised but not practiced. We rise to protect our civil liberties and to show our legislators they will be held accountable for their actions today and tomorrow. We march to the heartbeats of our ancestors and we rise together united by our struggles.”
There is a Youtube video included in the article from some of the speeches the BB gave on the rally.
http://www.aztlan.net/still_we_rise.htm
Posted by Felipe Ocampo
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