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Ras Ceylon gives a S/O to an event happening on June 7, 2014 in Santa Rosa, CA to honor Andy Lopez who was murdered by Erik Gelhaus of Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Dept.
from the Facebook event page:
Please include this event in your June calendar. Andy Lopez will be honored by family, friends and supporters on the occasion of his 14th birthday. Andy will be celebrated by both those who knew him personally and by those who have been seeking a just response to his death. Speakers at the opening and concluding gatherings will share what Andy’s life and memory mean to them and what they expect to be his lasting legacy.
The noon march will lead by Danza Azteca Coyolxauqui and by youth contingents from Andy’s Youth and the Windsor Bloco Youth Ensemble. Participating group members of the Justice Coalition for Andy Lopez (JCAL), and Mothers in White, as well as other local and state-wide supporters and groups (see enclosed flier for complete list of endorsers).
The event, entitled, “Not Forgotten — Andy Lopez Presente!,” will begin at 11:00 on June 7th with a gathering at 665 Sebastopol Rd. (Dollar Tree parking lot). At noon, participants will march to central Santa Rosa for a culminating birthday rally at Old Courthouse Square.
Date: Saturday — June 7, 2014
Time: 11-12Noon — Gather and Speakers
12-1:30pm — March To Courthouse Square,
Santa Rosa, CA
1:30-3pm — Rally and Speakers
Place: Starts at Dollar Tree Parking lot 665 Sebastopol Road, with March up 3rd Street and ends at Santa Rosa Courthouse Square in Downtown Santa Rosa, CA