U.S. President Donald Trump may have signed an order to end the separation of asylum-seeking families, but a Calgary group says there is still a need to ramp up awareness about issues facing migrants.
Women March On are inviting concerned Calgarians to rally with them this weekend.
The group says it has heard from many Canadians who have expressed outrage and heartbreak over immigration policies in the United States concerning the detainment of children and their parents.
“All the images out of the United States were too hard to look at and just do nothing so we decided to make some noise and let people know it doesn’t have to be this way,” said Adora Nwofor, a spokesperson for the Calgary chapter of Women March On.
“If we are silent, we are complicit.”
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Organizers say they feel what’s been happening to migrants in the U.S. serves as a trigger for a larger conversation around attitudes towards immigrants and refugees.
“It doesn’t mean people are not still in danger and the children separated — we don’t know if they’ll be back together — so we are looking to cause some irritation so people will understand to move a little and go find out and mostly come to the march,” Nwofor said.
The march will begin at noon on June 30. Organizers are asking interested individuals to meet in front of the U.S. consulate at 615 Macleod Tr. S.E.
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