The Nationwide Solidarity March for Peace took place on October 14, 2017. The march started at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square at 11 am. According to their Facebook event page, organizers billed the event as "a day for people to come together to share their love and compassion to call out the hatred and violence that is taking place in our society. This is a day for people of all political and religious affiliations, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, disabilities, ages and every other aspect of a human being." Co-organizers and supporters included One America, Faith Action Network, Truman International Security Project, Church Council of Greater Seattle, Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, Washington Dream Coalition, De-Escalate Washington, Neighborhood Action Coalition, CAIR Washington, Codepink Seattle, OXFam, ACLU, Food Justice, The Union of Academic Student Employees at the University of Washington, and Americans for Refugees & Immigrants. Cary Moon, who was then a candidate for Seattle Mayor, Tae Pheonix, and other activist organizers spoke to the crowd.
Near the end of the march, local musician Tae Pheonix requested that marchers get down on one knee and join her in singing the national anthem. This symbolic gesture was done in solidarity with professional athletes, led by football player Colin Kaepernick, in taking a knee during the national anthem to protest the murder of black Americans at the hands of police.
Photographs from the Seattle Nationwide Solidarity March for Peace, held in Seattle, Washington on October 14, 2017.
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Text on signs read: "Compassion leads to peace." One sign is a peace symbol with rainbow streamers attached.
Tae Phoenix is a local Seattle activist and musician. Ali Lee Ali Lee has been doing community building and collaboration work for over 20 years while leading in grassroots movements in logistics and permits for marches, rallies, and events for the past 15 years. Her most recent was working as a Co-Organizer of logistics and permits for the Womxn's March on Seattle, Co-Organizer for the TAX March Seattle, Peace and Safety Lead for the Immigrants Rights rally, ERA Ratification Coalition, International Women's Day and many more.
Text on sign reads: "Disarm for peace."
Text on buttons reads: "NO-GMO [Genetically Modified Organisms]"; "Seek justice, not vengeance"; "Single Payer - Blue Ribbon Health Care plan"; "War on the world? Not in our name"; "Bread not bombs."
Text on signs read: "Give peace a chance"; "Compassion leads to peace."
Text on sign reads: "No silence until no violence."
Tae Phoenix is a local Seattle musician and activist.
Text on sign reads: "Hey GOP Reps - Country over Party - Do your job!!."
Text on sign reads: "White silence = violence."
Text on sign reads: "De-escalate Washington - Sign I-940 - Building bridges between communities and police."
Text on clothing reads: "Stop wars."
Cary Moon is a Seattle politician who ran for Mayor in 2017. Ali Lee is a local activist and community organizer.
Text on buttons reads: "Workers deserve respect"; "No human trafficking"; "Seek justice not vengance"; "Single payer - blue ribbon health care plan"; "War on the world? Not in our name."
Cary Moon is a Seattle politician who ran for Mayor in 2017.
Text on sign reads: "No racists, sexists, fascists, Trump."
Text on sign reads: "A voice for the Orcas [sign is in the shape of a whale fin]."
Text on signs read: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor - Desmond Tutu"; "Those who cannot learn from history are destined to repeat it."
Text on signs read: "Those who cannot learn from history are destined to repeat it. - George Santayana."
Text on clothing reads: "Organize [with an image of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.]." "Demonstrator is holding a sheet of paper which reads: "Gaggle for Peace (tune: Side by Side) - Oh, we're a gaggle of GranniesUrging you off your fanniesWe're raising our voiceWe want a new choice -LET'S HAVE PEACE!With all the money they're spendingPlus the dollars they're lending,We're all going broke -This isn't a jokeLET'S HAVE PEACE!Whether it's Bin LadenOr Saddam HusseinWar is not the answerBOMBS JUST KILL AND MAIM...."
Text on buttons read: "I'm already against the next war"; "Organize [with an image of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.]."
Text on clothing reads: "Hate is not our story [with an image of a rainbow American flag]."
Text on sign reads: "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are - Benjamin Franklin."
Text on sign reads: "No silence until no violence."
Sign depicts an explosion, President Donald J. Trump, "WORDS", and a peace symbol.
Text on clothing reads: "BLACK LIVES MATTER - 10 August 2014 - Mike Brown Jr., Ezell Ford, Dante Parker, Corey Levert Parker, Levon Leroy Love, Arvel Douglas Williams, Rondre Lamar Hornbeak, Veronica Woodard, Briant Paula, Cortez Washington, Darrien Hunt, Ricky Deangelo Hinkle, Charles Smith, Cameron Tillman, Eugene Williams, Oliver Jarrod Gregoire, Latandra Ellington, Lashano Gilberty, Balantine Mbegbu, Iretha Lilly." This is a list of the names of unarmed black people killed by police between August-October 2014.
Text on signs read: "Live, hope, fight, unite"; "Nationwide solidarity march for peace - www.SolidarityForPeace.org."
Text on signs read: "White silence = violence"; "Nationwide solidarity march for peace - www.SolidarityForPeace.org."
Text on signs read: "Hey GOP Reps - Country over Party - Do your job!!"; "Give peace a chance"; "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it"; "Choose love, peace, kindness, compassion"; "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are"; "White silence = violence."
Text on sign reads: "White silence = violence."
Text on signs read: "Hey GOP Reps - Country over Party - Do your job!!"; "Give peace a chance"; "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it"; "Choose love, peace, kindness, compassion"; "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are"; "White silence = violence."
Text on sign reads: "Give peace a chance."
Text on signs read: "Choose love, peace, kindness, compassion" and "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are - Benjamin Franklin."
Text on sign reads: "Peace, love, balance, unity, respect."
Text on signs read: "Unity"; "Give peace a chance"; "Love, hope, fight, unite"; "Peace, love, balance, unity, respect"; "White silence = violence"; "Nationwide Solidarity March for Peace - www.SolidarityForPeace.org."
Text on sign reads: "Peace, love, balance, unity, respect."
Text on signs read: "We belong - we are worthy - we were born this way"; "Silence [does not equal] peace."
Text on sign reads: "Loving in the time of hate is a revolutionary act."
Text on signs read: "De-escalate Washington - Sign I-940"; "#LoveThyNeighbor (No exceptions) Friends Committee on National Legislation"; "Peace, love, balance, unity."
Text on sign reads: "Disarm for peace."
Text on sign reads: "Silence [does not equal] peace."
Text on signs read: "Love in the time of hate is a revolutionary act"; "We are in this together"; "Give peace a chance"; "[Image of explosion, image of President Donald Trump, peace symbol] WORDS"; "Silence [does not equal] peace." Text on clothing reads: "You may say I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will be as one."
Text on signs read: "Disarm for peace"; "A voice for the Orcas"; "Compassion leads to peace"; "No silence until no violence"; "[Picture of an explosion, picture of President Donald Trump] WORDS [peace symbol]"; "Love, hope, fight, unite"; "Give peace a chance." Text on clothing reads: "You may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one."
Text on clothing reads: "NO WAR." The jacket also has writing in arabic and hebrew, as well as flags of Pakistan, Yemen, Jordan, Afghanistan, Syria, Kuridstan, and ISrael.
Text on sign reads: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
Text on sign reads: "Compassion brings understanding."
Text on sign reads: "Jingoistic cheeto makes Seattle undertake protest." The acronym JCMSUP "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest" is used by locals to remember the order of the main streets from South to North: Jefferson, James, Cherry, Columbia, Marion, Madison, Spring, Seneca, University, Union, Pike, Pine.
Text on sign reads: "Disarm for peace." Text on clothing reads: "Another Raging Granny standing up to oil"; "Coal costs us: our money, our health, our lands, our future."
Text on sign reads: "Disarm for peace." Text on clothing reads: "Racism hurts everyone"; "Raise the minimum wage! 15 NOW."
Text on sign reads: "De-escalate Washington - Sign I-940 - Require violence de-escalation training, Require police first aid at the scene, Require independent investigations of police force."
Text on signs read: "No silence until no violence"; "Unity."
Tae Phoenix is a Seattle activist and performer.
Text on signs read: "Unity." Text on clothing reads: "I'm already against the next war." Near the end of the march, local musician Tae Phoenix requested that marchers get down on one knee and join her in singing the national anthem. This symbolic gesture was done in solidarity with professional athletes, led by football player Colin Kaepernick, in taking a knee during the national anthem to protest the treatment of minorities.
Text on clothing reads: "Stop wars"; "I'm already against the next war." Near the end of the march, local musician Tae Phoenix requested that marchers get down on one knee and join her in singing the national anthem. This symbolic gesture was done in solidarity with professional athletes, led by football player Colin Kaepernick, in taking a knee during the national anthem to protest the treatment of minorities.
Near the end of the march, local musician Tae Phoenix requested that marchers get down on one knee and join her in singing the national anthem. This symbolic gesture was done in solidarity with professional athletes, led by football player Colin Kaepernick, in taking a knee during the national anthem to protest the treatment of minorities.
Text on sign reads: "Unity." Near the end of the march, local musician Tae Phoenix requested that marchers get down on one knee and join her in singing the national anthem. This symbolic gesture was done in solidarity with professional athletes, led by football player Colin Kaepernick, in taking a knee during the national anthem to protest the treatment of minorities.