On April 1, 2003, we made
history. Over 50,000 young black, Latina/o, Native American, Asian
Pacific American, Arab American, other minority and white youth, as
well as unions, churches, and civil rights activists from all across
the nation converged at the U.S. Supreme Court. We filled up
everything from the streets to the subways, to the shops, to the rest
stops, the tourist attractions, etc. Everyone who came knows the joy
and pride that we felt as we marched down Constitution Ave., racially
integrated, bold, and spirited. It was a tremendous success!
April 1st was only the beginning. Youth all around the country now are
waking up all across the country and beginning to recognize our own
social power. To express this new power, our new movement must have
more organization and more young leaders stepping up to the challenge
and the opportunity that this turning point in history represents. We
still have a window of opportunity to affect the outcome of the two
University of Michigan affirmative action cases. Now is no time for
idle waiting. There are concrete tasks that we can do now in order to
win these pending cases.
The next step:
Make plans to be in Ann Arbor at U of M on the last weekend of May,
the 30th through June 1st. All the young leaders who made April 1st
the historic first national march of the new civil rights movement
should do everything possible to attend. The conference will discuss
and vote on a perspective for the coming months of the new civil
rights movement. It will be aimed at giving our emerging movement more
organization and at building the new generation of young leaders who
will transform equality and integration from thin paper to thick
action.
List of Organizations Who
Endorsed the March
List of Schools
that Mobilizing
for the March on Washington
Sign the Petition to
Defend Affirmative Action Before the U.S. Supreme Court
See the Pledge to be at
the March on Washington
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