05-04-2025
‘United We Stand' rally marches through Siouxland
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — 'United We Stand,' a rally and march for solidarity and change, traveled about two miles from South Sioux City to the Federal Building in Sioux City.
There were about 50 marchers holding up signs and voicing chants. Organizers said this was a nonviolent event, with multiple speakers raising concerns about the government.
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Each person had their own reason for marching on Friday. One organizer, Jessica Lopez-Walker, said she did it for immigration rights.
'My kids, they go by Lopez-Walker too. So you know getting the card is a real thing,' she said. 'Having those talks with the kids is a real thing. My little girl got up for school and she was like 'oh my God, I have to go save my friend, where's my ID?' And we shouldn't have to have those kinds of talks, but here we are.'
The marchers stopped at three different locations: the Siouxland Veterans Memorial Bridge, the Anderson Dance Pavilion, and the Federal Building in Sioux City. At each stop, a speech and a prayer were given.
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'Us organizing this event, we're all open to communicate on how to build these bridges,' organizer Manape LaMere, a rally organizer. 'That's why we made it a prayer walk. That's why we made a prayer on the bridge, was to bridge South Sioux, the different families that all worked together and spend money in this community.'
Another rally will be held on Saturday with a different organization. That one will go from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Federal Building in Sioux City.
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