To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.
Chicago, Denver, Philly, Boston, Maine, NYC all up and down 5th Avenue - just off the top of the head
I really like that suit of Senator Booker's - it reminds me of the one Congressman John Lewis and his fellow young civil rights leaders wore when they first began to protest for civil rights for all and came to prominence
Oh - what's that? That suit was donned by the Senator specifically to evoke those memories?
"What Cory Booker did wasn’t just about breaking a record or standing up for democracy—it hits different for Black folks.
Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 hours to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Cory Booker, a Black man, shattered a segregationist’s legacy—and flipped the script."
Remember a couple of weeks ago - the 60 Minutes feature on Orange and Hic!seth trying to use their bigotry to deprive young musicians of opportunities and retired Armed Forces musicians from *all* the branches flying in and basically saying "LET THE KIDS PLAY"?
No less than Governor JB Pritzker and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have "joined the chorus" and will be sponsoring and offering, respectively, a FREE symphonic concert tomorrow with these same student musicians
Equity Arc, which trains young musicians of color, was set to play with the US Marine Band — until Trump's anti-DEI order canceled the show. But Chicago stepped up, and now the students will perform at
on 4/6. Grab a free ticket and join me in cheering them on. cso.org
https://bsky.app/profile/jbpritzker.bsky.social/post/3llvym2fopc2f
Please go and support the young Equity Arc musicians if you are in the area - and also if you have a helicopter can you let a former ISYM camp kid hitch a riiiide
?
Also if you attended a protest today or have some interviews or photos, by all means please share with the class
