photo by Leslie Layton
Students from PATCH (Politically Active Teens of Chico High) staffed a voter registration booth.
by Leslie Layton
In matching teal-colored T-shirts, a group of Chico teens Saturday led some 100 people on a downtown march to protest immigration policy and conditions for refugees at the border.
The teens, all of whom are students at Chico High and Inspire School of Arts & Sciences, said they chose teal to reflect the color in the Statute of Liberty torch-holder for a protest designed to recall the conditions that led to the Holocaust.
The protest was titled “March for Freedom: Never Again is Now,” and opened with student and parent speakers at City Plaza downtown.