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.
Jordan Michelena, an organizer who is an Inspire student, said the protest “turned out pretty well for such short notice.”