More than a hundred people gathered at an elementary school on Friday in Madera to protest police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The people behind the protest were black high school students. Eighteen-year-old Mary Idowu led the protest which started with a “No Justice, No Peace” chant. …
Read More »Merced students make nationwide protest their own fight for safe education
The voice of fifth grader Nate Dimple Alvarez offered testimony Saturday about the fears that have gripped students in the wake of deadly school shootings nationwide. Alvarez, a student at … Click to Continue »
Read More »Look back at the Stephon Clark shooting protest that blocked off Golden 1 Center
Activists with Black Lives Matter and other groups blocked the entrance to Golden 1 Center during Thursday night’s Kings game to protest the shooting of Stephon Clark by Sacramento Police officers on Sunday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Controversial immigration signs held up by republican club at UC Merced spark protest
UC Merced students protesting the signs placed in front of the College Republican Clubs booth on campus Tuesday March 6, 2018. One sign read “ICE ICE Baby” and included the number for the Immigration and Customs Agency. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s what people in Merced did on the national day of protest against police brutality
Sunday Oct. 22, 2017 was the 22nd National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality and people in Merced gathered on M and 21st Streets to “stand in solidarity with those who have been murdered by police,” said event organizers, the Autonomous Brown Berets de Merced. Community members from Merced …
Read More »‘Speak American,’ a teacher told students. So dozens walked out of school in protest.
When video surfaced of a teacher at Cliffside Park High School telling a student to “speak American” in class, many at the school took it personally. The short video, which … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced students protest arrests from hookah lounge
Students protested Thursday, July 13, 2017, the arrests and what they said was police brutality at the downtown Merced hookah lounge from the weekend. … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced protest makes it to police headquarters
A protest that started at UC Merced on Thursday, July 13, 2017, made its way to the Merced police headquarters. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced chief addresses protest outside headquarters
Merced Police Chief Norm Andrade addresses UC Merced protest that spilled into city streets on Thursday, July 13, 2017. They protested the Hookah Lounge address from the weekend. … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced protest spills into city streets
UC Merced students protest the hookah lounge arrests on July 13, 2017 around Yosemite Avenue and G street. mvelez@mercedsun-star … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced students protest arrests from hookah lounge
Students protested Thursday, July 13, 2017, the arrests and what they said was police brutality at the downtown Merced hookah lounge from the weekend. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Foster Farms employee’s protest for better wages, affordable insurance, new contract
Employees at the Foster Farms Livingston chicken plant protested on Thursday, April 27, 2017, for better wages, affordable insurance and a new labor union contract. (Monica Velez/mvelez@mercedsun-star.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Foster Farms employees protest for better wages, affordable insurance, new contract
Dozens of Foster Farms employees took to streets outside the Livingston plant early Wednesday, holding signs and chanting to gather support for better wages and an improved labor union contract. … Click to Continue »
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