Missoula struggles w/refugee issue

A “March Against Hate” is coming to Higgins Avenue on March 1 to support refugee resettlement efforts in Missoula. The Missoula County Democratic Central Committee, Montana Women Vote, the Montana Human Rights Network and Soft Landing Missoula, an organization working to bring a refugee resettlement agency to Missoula, are organizing the community march to “take a stand against hate, intimidation and violence.” “It’s to show support for not just the refugees but for countering the hateful rhetoric and the threats happening in our community,” said Mary Poole, the founder of Soft Landing. “A few folks with us and some elected officials have been getting calls in the middle of the night. A few of us have been getting emails, and some of them have turned a little more hateful and threatening than that”/ David Erickson , Missoulian. More here.