{"id":3892,"date":"2020-11-30T00:13:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T00:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/?page_id=3892"},"modified":"2020-12-24T00:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T00:08:28","slug":"wake-up-show-up-power-up","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/past-campaigns\/community-engagement\/wake-up-show-up-power-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake Up, Show Up, Power Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An entire summer\u2019s worth of rallying and protesting culminated into Wake Up, Show Up, Power Up: Standing Our Ground in Manchester to Erase Racism.  <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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This was a 2-day, all day rally for justice- our longest event yet!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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From 12pm-10pm on both August 22 and 23, we protested and demanded for justice in Manchester. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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This event featured various speakers from other grassroots organizations, spoken word performances, dance performances, a yoga session for rest and relaxation, and all day DJing by Power203FM! <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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It also included a bounce house for children, a puppet making station, a kickball tournament, and dance party along with GREAT food! <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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We had voter registration booths as well distribution tables for free clothing for the community.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Our 2 day rally for justice also included the highly anticipated bike drive- we collected new and gently used bikes to distribute to BIPOC youth within our community. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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At the end of both days, we lit candles and held a vigil for all of the Black men, women, children, and people who lost their lives due to white supremacy, police brutality, and systemic racism. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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An entire summer\u2019s worth of rallying and protesting culminated into Wake Up, Show Up, Power Up: Standing Our Ground in Manchester to Erase Racism.   This was a 2-day, all day rally for justice- our longest event yet! From 12pm-10pm on both August 22 and 23, we protested and demanded for justice in Manchester.  This event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3491,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3892\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}