A South Florida activist group will take to the streets on Memorial Day to recreate one of America’s most iconic displays of solidarity, joining a national demonstration aimed at defending democracy and immigrant rights.
Indivisible Boca Raton will participate in Hands Across America 2.0 on Monday, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., along Glades Road in Boca Raton, marking the 40th anniversary of the original 1986 event that drew an estimated 6 million Americans into a human chain stretching coast to coast.
“Hands Across America 2.0 is about bringing communities together to stand united to save our democracy, support our immigrant neighbors, and show that the will of the people still matters,” Myra Kremenitzer, head of Indivisible Boca Raton, said in a statement announcing Monday’s planned protest…