FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER MINNEAPOLIS MARCH & RALLY

Just received communication from the national organizers. See highlight.

JUNE 30, MINNEAPOLIS CONVENTION CENTER

Event links to share:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/326178921248676/
• Families Belong Together/MoveOn: https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together/19939/signup/?source=&s=

Partners are encouraging everyone toWEAR WHITE to show solidarity across the country — to make a strong visual statement of love, unity, and freedom as we demand that families stay together and out of family detention.

JUNE 30

• 1:00 pm    March Marshal and Energy Leaders Training
  • Location: Convention Center, LocationTBD

• 2:00 pm   Rally Start
  • Location: Convention Center, Outside, Main Entrance

• 2:05 pm   Program: Speakers
  • Location: Convention Center, Outside, Main Entrance

• 2:20 pm   March Begins
  • Approximately (7) blocks to Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo has been identified as a financier of detention centers/tent cities

• 2:45 pm  Program: Speakers
  • Location: Outside Wells Fargo

• 3:00 pm Restart March
  • Approximately (5) blocks to Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office:Connects national effort to a local issue; Hennepin County Sheriff has committed to supporting and collaborating with ICE

• 3:15 pm  Program: Speakers and Action: Action will include dramatization using a cage with children’s toys and a symbolic release of the children represented by the toys.
  • Location: Outside of Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office

• 3:30/4:00 pm   March & Rally End
  • March and Rally program will end. Marshals will direct participants –Approximately (8) blocks back to Convention Center-Main Entrance