Students walk out to join advocates in ICE protest
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Several anti-ICE protests are planned for Rhode Island this weekend. Here's where and when they'll be across the state
According to the announcement, “Students across Rhode Island are organizing walkouts to join the protest at the State House, including high school students from across the Providence Public Schools as well as the Wheeler School,
In Providence, hundreds gathered at the State House Friday afternoon to protest the federal government's immigration crackdown.
The rally evolved into a march around the city, blocking traffic and drawing a crowd. “Stop killing people,” said 15-year-old Ada Katter. “Kids are seeing it, it’s hurtful, it’s scary.”
About 200 people gathered at an intersection of Mercer Island for one hour on the afternoon of Jan. 20 to raise their voices at a Mercer Island Walks for a Free America event.
As protests have raged in Iran amid a brutal government crackdown, Long Island’s Persian community has reacted with heartbreak but also hope.