People’s March descends on downtown Pittsburgh to protest inequality & hate
Thousands are marching in downtown Pittsburgh over civil rights, inequality, and environmental, immigration and labor issues. Police are taking extra security measures in the aftermath of the Dallas shootings.
The #peoplesconvention begins March through Pittsburgh. View from convention center. https://t.co/N4qDjY0RQmpic.twitter.com/7XWE8O9Q7f
— I heart PGH (@iheartpgh) July 8, 2016
#peoplesconventionpic.twitter.com/X74zadRboH
— Pittsburgh UNITED (@PghUNITED) July 8, 2016
At a dark moment for our communities, we stand up today to demand justice! #StillWeRise#PeoplesConventionpic.twitter.com/1z97YRUkKA
— MaketheRoadNewYork (@MaketheRoadNY) July 8, 2016
The Still We Rise March marks the start of the People’s Convention, a two day event hosted by the Center for Popular Democracy starting Friday that will see 40 different activist groups come together to discuss pressing issues and social change.
Marching at the #PeoplesConvention. In Pittsburgh. With my Brooklyn fam. pic.twitter.com/0wgSEONSiU
— Greg Basta (@GregTBasta) July 8, 2016
Beautiful. Still we rise! #PeoplesConvention#Peoplesmarch16pic.twitter.com/6e9Cf3Q41b
— Lindsey Williams (@Lindsey4Workers) July 8, 2016
We need a #PeoplesFED that representative our communities and enact policies for full employment #PeoplesConventionpic.twitter.com/mQ77cO5pWi
— One Pittsburgh (@onepittsburgh) July 8, 2016
The group are making their way from the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to Station Square, making stops at the Federal Reserve, the Bank of New York, UPMC and Senator Pat Toomey’s office along the way. Toomey has been criticized for his stance on immigration.
#PeoplesConvention crowds chant "Up up with liberation. Down down with deportation." pic.twitter.com/4CMtGcLmgR
— Ashley Murray (@Ashley__Murray) July 8, 2016
Can you hear us in there yet, @federalreserve? Because we can get louder! #PeoplesConventionpic.twitter.com/vjCXXXKVKg
— CPD Action (@CPDAction) July 8, 2016
#StillWeRise march continues down Grant Street in Pittsburgh #PeoplesConvention#PhilandoCastile#AltonSterlingpic.twitter.com/MDHUncKxHQ
— Rebecca Nuttall (@PghReporter) July 8, 2016
Pittsburgh’s Public Safety Department has said it is working with law enforcement to ensure extra security precautions are taken in the wake of Thursday’s Dallas shooting, KDKA reports.
In times of great darkness still we organize, #stillwerise as #PeoplesConvention takes to the streets of Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/VomlBpoEUG
— Make the Road Action (@MaketheRoadAct) July 8, 2016
They take our people and we take to the streets. No justice, no peace! ✊🏿 #peoplesconventionpic.twitter.com/ewoFRKjVe9
— OBS_StL (@OBS_STL) July 8, 2016
