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4/27 (in person, Blue Hill, Bucksport, Portland) 12:30, 1:00, 1:30 & 6:00 PM - Maine Weekly Saturday Standouts + Disability Justice Rally for Palestine @ Maine Medical Center

BLUE HILL Saturdays, 12:30 - 1 pm, outside Blue Hill Town Hall (every week)

BUCKSPORT Saturdays 12:30 - 1:30 pm, on Bucksport-Verona Bridge (every week)

PORTLAND - Standout, Saturdays, 1 - 2:30 pm, Longfellow Square.

❣️♿️UPCOMING RALLY♿️❣️Disability Justice from Wobanakik to Palestine. Join us in Western Promenade Park in Portland for a rally and vigil to honor the lives of disabled martyrs.
🗓️ Saturday April 27th
🕰️ 6:00pm to 8:00pm
📍 227 Western Promenade, Portland, ME

❤️Rally for the fallen disabled martyrs / 💚Rally for the fallen caretakers / 🤍Rally for the fallen healthcare workers / 🖤Rally for disabled victims of police violence
Help us uplift the stories of disabled Gazans and the ways they are targeted by the occupation.
❤️Israel’s strategy of disabling Palestinians and murdering disabled civilians. / 💚The destruction of the healthcare infrastructure in Gaza as a barrier to accessibility for disabled people in Gaza. / 🤍How lack of accessibility is the difference between life and death for many disabled civilians. / 🖤How state violence towards black and brown disabled people on Turtle Island is intertwined with Israel’s violence towards disabled Palestinians.
After speeches, we will hold a silent vigil and March around Maine Medical Center to contrast the functional hospitals here with the complete destruction of Al-Shifa. Instagram post: ❣️♿️UPCOMING RALLY♿️❣️ Disability Justice from Wobanakik to Palestine. Join us in Western Promenade Park in Portland for a rally and… | Instagram

(MVPR Website): Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights (mvprights.org)