On Sunday, June 6, some 50 people gathered on the Samoa Peninsula, on un-ceded Wiyot land called Twaya’t, for the second Paddle Out for Justice. Event Organizer Melissa Meiris started off the roster of speakers who addressed the crowd on the beach, discussing social justice issues ranging from families separated at the U.S-Mexico border, racism, […]
Terry Uyeki
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Largest March in Eureka History
UPDATE: Organizers report that the official tally for Saturday’s march was between 7,000 and 8,000 people, which is roughly six percent of Humboldt County’s total population. Previously: Thousands of people turned out to Eureka’s waterfront this afternoon in what event organizer Nancy Stephenson has said was the largest march in the city’s history. The Eureka […]