Calling all civil activists: Just weeks after a “Unite the Right” rally left one woman dead and more than a dozen wounded in Charlottesville, a bloc of several activist groups are marching from the Virginia city to Washington, D.C. to protest white supremacy.
Starting Monday (August 28) groups like Working Families, the Action Group Network, United We Dream, Color of Change, and the Women’s March will assemble in Charlottesville and begin heading North as part of a 10-day nonviolent demonstration that will concluded in Washington on September 6. As the event organizers detailed on the official website, the march is meant “to demonstrate our commitment to confronting white supremacy wherever it is found.”
“It’s clear that we can no longer wait for Donald Trump or any elected official to face reality and lead,” the organizers continued. “We are coming together to reckon with America’s long history of white supremacy, so that we can begin to heal the wounds of our nation.”
Basic meals, water, and snacks will be offered to the marchers, and housing will be provided primarily through churches along the planned route. A charted course can be found on the official website, but a rundown of the scheduled trajectory appears as follows:
Monday, August 28th – Charlottesville to Commonwealth, 3.5 mi.
Tuesday, August 29th – Commonwealth to Ruckersville, 13.2 mi.
Wednesday, August 30th – Ruckersville to Madison, 12.0 mi.
Thursday, August 31st – Madison to Culpeper, 17.6 mi.
Friday, September 1st – Culpeper to Remington, 11.6 mi.
Saturday, September 2nd – Remington to Calverton, 11.0 mi.
Sunday, September 3rd – Calverton to Manassas, 14.6 mi.
Monday, September 4th – Manassas to Fairfax, 13.7 mi.
Tuesday, September 5th – Fairfax to Falls Church, 8.2 mi.
Wednesday, September 6th – Falls Church to D.C., 8.0 mi.
Once the marchers make it to D.C., the plan isn’t to pack up their things a head home. Instead, they intend to remain in Washington for a sustained period of time until their overarching demands are met.
“This is the time for us to stand up for justice and equality. This is the time to confront white supremacy in our government and throughout our history,” the organizers explained. “We demand that President Trump be removed from office for allying himself with this ideology of hate and we demand an agenda that repairs the damage it’s done to our country and its people.”
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