Reminder: Edmonds march Feb. 25 to support immigrants, refugees, Muslims

Local residents came together last month in Edmonds’ Westgate neighborhood to rally against immigration restrictions. Another demonstration is planned for this Saturday morning at Civic Field  (File photo by Larry Vogel)

Neighbors from suburban Snohomish County and nearby areas will gather peacefully in downtown Edmonds this Saturday, Feb. 25 in support of immigrants, refugees and the global Muslim community.

Describing herself as a “white, middle-class, suburban-bred soccer mom,” event organizer Julie Hertl of Edmonds envisions the march as a strong statement that these issues are important and relevant not just nationally, but at the micro-local level as well.

“As national outrage builds over recent immigration bans and related actions coming from Washington D.C., we believe it is time to show that the outrage is not limited to the disenfranchised, but is felt just as strongly in white, middle-class America,” she said. “It is our chance to make very clear our shared belief that the collective success at every level of our society from national to neighborhood is built on the contributions of all members of our community regardless of religion, country of origin or immigration status.”

Marchers are asked to gather at Edmonds’ Civic Field on 6th Avenue North, across from the Public Safety Complex at 10:30 a.m. The event will conclude at the Frances Anderson Center play-field, where there will be informational tables, educational materials, petitions and opportunities to become more involved.

For more information and to sign up for the march, go to the event Facebook Page, or email the event organizers at suburbia.rising@gmail.com.

— By Larry Vogel

 

  1. Let’s not open Edmonds to all Tents and RVS. I have no problem if immigrants come in legally. But I don’t want to SUPPORT them . I would rather my money go to our VETERANS or military. People that share our values.

    1. May be if we stop bombing other countries fewer of them would need to come here to save their lives and by all means support Veterans For Peace in empowering veterans for fight for their own Rights an those of Deported Veterans.

  2. My values, as a man born and bred in the USA are to share and to support those whose only crime is an attempt to provide a secure future for their families. I want to bring our VETERANS home and have our national politicians become much more circumspect about sending VETERANS out to kill and die in vain as was done in Iraq at great cost in lasting enmity against us. Who are you to say that someone, say Juan Trevino does not have a right to settle in San Diego, or San Antonio, or Los Angeles, or El Paso, or Irvine, or Seattle or anywhere else in the USA? To keep faith with my distant German ancestors, who found a place in this land, I will not be a JERK and say I’ve got mine, close the door.

  3. As I stated if they are LEGAL immigrants, meeting all of our restrictions to get I to this country. great settle any state you want and I would welcome you as a neighbor. BUT. I do not want to bring in more immigrants that this country cannot afford. We don’t have the jobs to support this many people. I’ll tell you why I have the right, I’m a taxing paying American and that gives me the right to this comment. Ramon, if you don’t like the last 8 years of what our military has done…vote.

  4. This is a wonderful educational event and I am pleased that folks are taking the time to organize and bring forth issues that need to be address over recent executive orders. The wife and son of Muhammad Ali were both detained upon arriving into the US. While the wife was let go as she had a picture of her and Ali, the son was detained for seven hours?!?

    I am a second generation immigrant and have spent time in Lithuania after the break-up of the Soviet Union and saw first hand how Russia had treated all those people from those countries for years while hiding behind the Iron Curtain. That type of mindset was unhealthy and one only needed to watch the recent winter Olympics in a summer resort to understand the grab for domination and attempting to mask history to tell a story different from real events.

    So, local events like this help individuals at a minimum, to express their frustrations, but hopefully more importantly to understand the current concerns and to allow others to think of the ramifications of current events.

    1. Diane,
      You hit all of the Democrat talking points of the day so well: Russia, concerns, frustration, executive orders, issues.
      Since you are SO concerned about people, as a Council member, why don’t you put as much concern into how the Reidy family was lied to by the City of Edmonds, their personal property was destroyed by the City of Edmonds, the City of Edmonds violated court orders all to benefit a developer. And yet you ignore their family and refuse to make them whole.
      It is obvious you use “concern” as a tool, when in reality you could care less about people.
      The only frustration in Edmonds is having City Council members like you, who ignore the people who pay your wage.
      Or, maybe you should address the assessments of the BID (Ed!) forced onto business owners in Edmonds by the City, and if they can not pay…….. the City of Edmonds is happy to send them out for collections.
      Get a dictionary, and research the word “illegal”.

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