Jena 6 - schools to be closed on day of protest

[Anita Garcia]

Jena School Board announced that 14 of the schools in Jena located on the South side of town will be closed on Thursday, September 20th.

The board does not give a reason why except to say that 40,000 marchers are expected to be in town.
The board does not explain why only the South side and not the North side schools will be closed.

If you need a ride, let me know.
Charter busses are coming from all over the country.
I can send you link information right now for TX, NC, SC, TN, VA and MD.

This is going to be huge.

Louisiana NAACP is handling the protest.
Should start at about 7:00 AM.
The march is 4 miles long.
Thanks to Color of Change for the work that they are doing'

[annm4peace]

1. We are with you in Spirt !!!!!!!

*** We are way up in MN but are with you in spirt, Jena 6, and also with your friends and families.
I wish we could be there and hope you feel our love. I saw your story on Democracy Now, have been spreading the word of your story ever since and watching updates. there is a group of us at work that will be wearing black in solidarity. We have been praying for all the Jena 6 release, and the healing of your souls from this injustice. I hope the horrible thing that has been done to all of you wakes up other to take action of injustice in their own communites and to end racism.

And to you, town of Jena, we know there are good people there both black.. white.. and everyother color, and hope the march on Jena gives you strength to continue to challenge and stand up to racism and injustice. I hope th good people of all backgrounds can stand arm in arm and say NO MORE to the hate filled, ignorant racists.

Hope someone can get the Gov. Blanco to speak out against this horrible injustice.

:grouphug:

[jimnasium]

2. Looks like it was a great success!

Great job by all involved. People really need to wake up and realize that racism is one of the evils that keeps us divided and weak.