I stopped by the rally in Downtown New Haven last night and captured some images of our community reacting to the decision of the Grand Jury in Ferguson.
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Guest Photographer Tif Shen
Over one thousand people gathered on October 21st in support of GESO, the graduate student union at Yale, and its fight for formal recognition by Yale University. For me, those photos serve as a highlight of the humanity that is often forgotten in such an event. Ordinary people becoming extraordinary by taking a stance for […]
MLK Day Rally for Decarceration – Jeffrey Kerekes
Read about decarceration at the NYT. From the press release: Monday, January 20th, 5:00PM At the Amistad Statue outside New Haven City Hall Decarcerate CT will hold a rally on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to launch its campaign to fight mass incarceration in the state. Activists, community groups and faith groups, recognizing that mass […]
GTMO Hunger Protest Awareness Campaign – Jeffrey Kerekes
CT groups joined in a national day of action in solidarity with Hunger Strikers at Guantanamo. Below are photos of the protestors at the New Haven Federal Court House. The Amistad Catholic Worker in New Haven, the Hartford Catholic Worker, and Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice joined national groups Witness Against Torture and the Center for […]
Desmond’s Army – Jeffrey Kerekes
Immigration Reform Rally – Chris Randall
Immigration activists demonstrated at the old Federal Courthouse today to protest the Obama Administration’s inactivity on passing immigration reform initiatives. To see the complete set of photos from the rally, check out I Love New Haven’s Facebook Album here: Immigration Reform Rally Complete Set
Protest (and art intervention) – Chris Randall
A few days ago I attended a cool interactive protest on Cross Campus at Yale where the demonstrators chanted whatever got written on a white board stationed on an easel, and continued chanting the message until a passer-by would erase it and replace it with a new message of their own.