Syria rally: Women's March Cleveland to rally with activists at 1pm on April 15, 2018 on Public Square in Cleveland against U.S. strikes on Syria and U.S. tax policies, a rally that comes a year after Women's March Ohio/Cleveland, led by activist Kathy Wray Coleman, rallied on Public Square for Syrian refugees and against anticipated U.S. attacks on Syria ...."Congress needs to stop the military action in Syria, particularly since Syria has not taken or proposed military action against the United States," said activists Don Bryant of Cleveland Peace Action and Kathy Wray Coleman of Women's March Cleveland and Imperial Women Coalition, Coleman adding that "Women's March Cleveland continues its support of Syrian women refugees and their families and has serious concerns about the recent strikes on Syria by the United States, France and Britain"....View Channel 19 news coverage of last year's Syria rally in Cleveland here, coverage by Shelby Miller...By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
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| Cleveland activists, led by Peace Action and supported by Women's March Cleveland, will rally at 1 pm April 15, 2018 on Public Square in downtown Cleveland against U.S. war on Syria and U.S. tax policies. Pictured above is Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman of Women's March Cleveland, head of the grassroots group Imperial Women Coalition and editor-in-chief at Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper, who is speaking to the media as she prepares to lead a rally for Syrian refugees on April 13, 2017 on Public Square in downtown Cleveland relative to Women's March Ohio. The event was part of a larger group of the National Women's March that spearheaded vigils and rallies in cities across the nation to call for President Donald Trump to allow some 75,000 Syrian refugees into the country. (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin) |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: Shayne Terry (center) OF Women's March Ohio reads a statement on behalf of her group and demands that President Trump allow some 75,000 Syrian refugees onto American soil. Also pictured are activist Dr. Stewart Robinson of the grassroots group Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor (far left), activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition and Cleveland Urban News.Com (second from left), Arnold Shurn of the Cleveland Peacemakers (second from right), Juanita Brent of District 11 Indivisible (far right), and Brother Robert "Bob" Saffold (sitting). Coleman, Shurn and Brent also spoke at the event, among others (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin) |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: A member of the greater Cleveland- based grassroots group Refuse Facsim.Org carries a sign in support of Syrian refugees and against the recent air strikes in Syria by the United States (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin) |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: Valerie Robinson of Cleveland Heights, who leads Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, was among the several speakers (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin) |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: The event concluded with a candlelight vigil on behalf of the Syrian refugees (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin) |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: Cleveland activist Juanita Brent of the group District 11 Indivisible carries a sign during the rally in downtown Cleveland on April 13, 2017 relative to Syrian refugees. Brent is a niece of the late Vermel Whalen, a former state representative out of Cleveland (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin)Stop war in |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: Longtime revolutionary activist Cheryl Lessin of Refusefascism.org spoke at length against the war in Syria and the recent air strikes there by the United States government |
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| April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: Genevieve Mitchell of the Carl Stokes Brigade was among the several speakers |
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April 13, 2017 Cleveland rally: Melissa Svigelj-Smith, a Cuyahoga County public school teacher, children and women's rights activist, and member of Ohio BATS, speaks for justice for Syrian refugee children and their families (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin)
(Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin)
Some of the women who were in attendance at the vigil and rally on Public Square in Cleveland on April 13, 2017, activists of whom will rally again for Syria at 1pm on April 15, 2018, also on Public Square in downtown Cleveland (Photos by and at the courtesy of Sarah Parotti and Suzy Scullin)
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 CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by Cleveland Peace Action and supported by Women's March Cleveland, community activists will rally at 1 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2018 on Public Square in downtown Cleveland against war in Syria and U.S. tax policies that harm America's most vulnerable people.
The event, dubbed "No War On Syria Tax Day Rally," comes on the heels of rallies this time last year on Public Square, one on April 13, 2017 led by activist Kathy Wray Coleman and spearheaded by Women's March Ohio/Cleveland against U.S. war in Syria. and the other on April 15, 2017 against U.S. tax policies.
This week the United States, per President Donald Trump and congress, and France and Britain launched missile strikes on Syria following the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in north-western Syria on April 4.  Congress needs to stop the military actions in Syria and it is not the president's right to commit military action on Syria when Syria has not taken or proposed military action against the United States," said activist Don Bryant (pictured), an organizer of Sunday's upcoming rally. Kathy Wray Coleman, of Women's March Cleveland and Imperial Women Coalition, said that "women's march rallied for Syrian refugee women and their families and against any U.S attacks on Syria last year on Public Square in Cleveland and we will rally again this year on Public Square as the issues of public concern have broadened with strikes on Syria this week by the United States, Britain and France."
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CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- April 16, 2017-GO TO Cleveland19News (WOIO) for the full story by WOIO Reporter Shelby Miller and the affiliated video, comprehensive coverage of the rally and vigil by Women's March Ohio and Public Square in downtown Cleveland on April 13, 2017, including the war in Syria and recent air strikes on Syria by the United States per executive order of President Donald Trump
The 11 speakers at the rally were activists Shayne Terry, Kathy Wray Coleman, Lucinda Garmus, Cheryl Lessin, the Rev. Pamela Pinkney-Butts, Arnold Shurn, Juanita Brent, Mellissa Svigelj-Smith, Genevieve Mitchell, Kari Oatman Nicholson, and Valerie Robinson.
The 11 speakers at the rally were activists Shayne Terry, Kathy Wray Coleman, Lucinda Garmus, Cheryl Lessin, the Rev. Pamela Pinkney-Butts, Arnold Shurn, Juanita Brent, Mellissa Svigelj-Smith, Genevieve Mitchell, Kari Oatman Nicholson, and Valerie Robinson.
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| Cleveland WOIO Reporter Shelby Miller |
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -Women's March Ohio members gathered Thursday evening in downtown Cleveland to respond to the crisis in Syria.
"The civil war has been happening for six years in Syria and it just keeps getting worse and worse," said Shayne Terry, Women's March Ohio organizer.
Terry said the government should do more to help Syrian refugees.
"Women's March National has declared that they want the government to allow 75,000 Syrian refugees into the country," she said.
Many of the men and women who gathered in Public Square Thursday called the suspected Syrian chemical attack the final straw.
"What's going on over in Syria is just completely intolerable and we have to accept more of them here because there's no end in sight for what's going on over there," said Lucinda Garmus, Women's March Ohio member.
Garmus, and others, said they're choosing to step up now, in reaction to the recent US-led air strikes in Syria. Many said they want a clear plan from President Donald Trump.
"We don't think we should go bomb a country then allow children to be held hostage before a government that is disenfranchising them," said Kathy Wray Coleman, Imperial Women Coalition head. "It's not land of the free if you keep people out based on suspicion."
Organizers said the downtown Cleveland rally was part of a larger message put together by Women's March National to support Syrian refugees.
By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com
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