Families Belong Together

A crowd showed up at Spokane's Grant Park for the local "Families Belong Together" day of action on June 30, 2018. Every state in the nation held demonstrations, totaling around 700 events, with an anchor event held in Layfayette Square in Washington, D.C. Emcee Jan Shannon estimated more than 1,000 people attended the Spokane rally.

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Sat., June 30, 2018

A crowd sprawls over a hill in Spokane's Grant Park for the local "Families Belong Together" day of action on June 30, 2018. Every state in the nation held demonstrations, totaling around 700 events, with an anchor event held in Layfayette Square in Washington, D.C. Emcee Jan Shannon estimated more than 1,000 people attended the Spokane rally.

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Chelsea Clayton stands among the crowd at the local Families Belong Together rally while holding a sign reading "No More Prison Camps" on June 30, 2018. Spokane's event was held at Grant Park in the Perry District, one of more than 700 events in 50 states demonstrating a day of action.

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A crowd sprawls over a hill in Spokane's Grant Park for the local "Families Belong Together" day of action on June 30, 2018. Every state in the nation held demonstrations, totaling around 700 events, with an anchor event held in Layfayette Square in Washington, D.C. Emcee Jan Shannon estimated more than 1,000 people attended the Spokane rally.

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Ingrid Sub Cuc, an Indigenous Maya woman who grew up in Guatemala and Spokane, speaks on behalf of the Spokane Coalition of Color on June 30, 2018. A roster of local leaders gave speeches for the "Families Belong Together" day of action at Grant Park to a crowd that organizers said was around 1,000 people.

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Chuck Chuckenspire of Power 2 the Poetry, a spoken word poetry group that promotes freedom of expression, sings at Grant Park on June 30, 2018 during a national day of action. The rally was centered around opposing the separation and detention of immigrant families.

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A crowd sprawls over a hill in Spokane's Grant Park for the local "Families Belong Together" day of action on June 30, 2018. Every state in the nation held demonstrations, totaling around 700 events, with an anchor event held in Layfayette Square in Washington, D.C. The rally was in opposition to separation and detention of immigrant families.

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Stephen Eyman and Christina Kamkoski sit together amongst a large crowd for Spokane's "Families Belong Together" rally on June 30, 2018 at Grant Park. More than 700 events in 50 states participated in a day of action opposing the separation and detention of immigrant families. Emcee Jan Shannon estimated 1,000 people attended the event locally.

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CEO of World Relief Spokane Mark Finney speaks at a local day of action event in Grant Park on June 30, 2018. Finney spoke alongside Sajida Nelson, a refugee from Iraq who settled first in Sweden before coming to the U.S.

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CEO of World Relief Spokane Mark Finney raises his fist during an impassioned speech at a local day of action event in Grant Park on June 30, 2018. The rally was titled "Families Belong Together" and was part of a nationwide demonstration against the separation and detention of immigrant families.

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Fernanda Mazcot holds her child as she speaks on behalf of Raiz, Planned Parenthood's community support program with the Latinx community, on June 30, 2018 in Grant Park. Mazcot was born in Mexico and immigrated to the US with her two sisters and mother.

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Dan Ritz holds a sign reading "Love not fear refugees are welcome here!" during Spokane's "Families Belong Together" rally in Grant Park on June 30, 2018. The event was one of 700 demonstrations nationwide to oppose the separation and detention of immigrant families. Emcee Jan Shannon estimated 1,000 people were in attendance locally.

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