Above: Locals with signs will again use flags and signs to raise awareness with drivers in Southborough about their call to “Stand Up” for democracy. (image of cropped flyer)
The Southborough-based “pro-democracy group” Stand Up Now (SUN) has scheduled its monthly “Patriotic Standout” at a busy intersection on Route 9.
The event is scheduled for this Friday afternoon, February 6th.
The public demonstration will again feature using signs (and flags) to promote an anti-authoritarian message. This month, a message to email subscribers invites them to “Join with us and Minnesota” in response to actions by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
The public invitation specifies:
Bring signs that protest ICE and support democracy! . . .
We welcome messages that support democracy and oppose authoritarianism & corruption.
Bring your flag or we can give you one!
As I previously shared, the group has been holding the demonstrations at the four corners of the sidewalks at the intersection of Route 9, Oak Hill Road, and Central Street on the 2nd Friday of each month.
This winter, the timing is 3:00 – 4:00 pm.
The SUN group is not affiliated with a political party. They are affiliated with Red, Wine, and Blue, which describes itself as “a national community of over half a million diverse suburban women working together to defeat extremism, one friend at a time”.
SUN organizers are Southborough residents who plan their activities locally. The activities include gatherings and pro-democracy actions between the monthly standouts.
One organizer shared an update about a candlelight vigil the group held last Wednesday evening on Common Street by the Old Burial Ground stone wall.
The vigil was to honor Alex Pretti and Renée Good, two citizens recently shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis. The event was also “in solidarity with Minnesota and all immigrants facing unjust treatment.”
(I’m told SUN chose to not widely advertise the event, due to concern that the gathering area might not be large enough to hold a big group.)
To learn more about SUN, you can read my January post here. To sign up for info about their future events, click here.
Thanks to mySouthborough for reporting on local events and letting residents decide how to engage. This is what civic engagement looks like — people showing up peacefully to express their views.
Oh wow protest the deportation of illegal criminals who have been raging havoc in our cities and towns and sucking up our taxpayer money for years! You folks amaze me!!