Youth leaders from South Kern Sol, community organizations, residents, and local businesses will be launching this year’s Social Justice Series on May 1 with a march and rally starting at 10 a.m. at Mill Creek Linear Park.
The event will encourage civic participation and encourage residents to become outspoken advocates and #Resist attacks against our vulnerable communities.
There will be activities for children, performers, music, speakers, and informational booths.
Advocates will demand that local leaders fight for the health of our communities by ensuring that everyone has access to health care, investing in education and not incarceration and demand the a stop to criminalizing immigrants, refugees, muslims and people of color. Please take a look at the full list of demands below.
• Protect Labor’s Right to Organize & a Living Wage
• Guarantee Health Care for All
• Protect Labor’s Right to Organize & a Living Wage
• Stop Criminalizing Immigrants, Refugees, Muslims & People of Color & Protect DACA
• Embrace Full Equality & Rights for Women & LGBTQ People
• Respect & Protect Mother Earth
• Promote Quality Education for All & Guarantee Debt-Free College Education
• Stop Criminalizing Homelessness & Mental Illness
• Invest in Education – Not Incarceration
• Preserve the Free Press
• Embrace Religious Diversity
• Prevent Hate Crimes
• End Racial Profiling & Police Brutality
Follow South Kern Sol on Facebook for the latest information. Please contact Randy Villegas, rvillegas@newamericamedia.org to get involved or for more information.
