#Protesters honor #veterans, rally for #ImmigrantRights on #MemorialDay in downtown #Boston
The “#RallyForADream” called state and local legislators to action in the fight for statewide immigrant protections.
By Darin Zullo, May 26, 2025
"Hundreds of protesters gathered on the Boston Common Monday to honor veterans and rally for statewide protections for immigrants.
"The Memorial Day Rally for a Dream, organized by #Mass50501, was held on Memorial Day to honor fallen military personnel while supporting the ideals that they died for, organizers said. The group has hosted numerous protests since President Donald Trump’s second term in office began, including the nationwide '#HandsOff!' protest that saw tens of thousands of protesters in Boston alone.
" 'We felt it was really important to do this today,' Rebecca Winter, a spokesperson for Mass 50501, told Boston.com. 'We’re calling this march the Rally for a Dream because we see that the American dream is being desecrated right now with all of the harm being done to immigrants in our state.'
"The rally began at City Hall Plaza, where Kylie Bemis, a Mass #50501Movement member and assistant teaching professor of computer science at Northeastern University, kicked it off with chants like 'show me what democracy looks like' and 'no hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here.' Bemis has been outspoken about the #Trump administration and previously called on Northeastern administrators to do the same.
" 'I’m #NativeAmerican from #ZuniPueblo, and I’m a #transgender woman, so I feel like I was born into this kind of #resistance,' Bemis told Boston.com. 'When I saw that things were swiftly moving towards #authoritarianism, I felt an obligation to do my part, to resist, to speak up, to point out the injustices that other people seemed to be missing.' "
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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/05/26/protesters-honor-veterans-rally-for-immigrant-rights-at-memorial-day-demonstration/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/GA1b4