Around 700 people gathered at Modesto’s Five Points intersection Saturday as part of a nationwide rally against actions taken by the Trump administration. People brought signs, their kids, their dogs, drums, walkers, wheelchairs and bottled water.
Marjorie Sturdy, head of the Modesto Progressive Democrats and one of the organizers of the event, spoke through a bullhorn at Lucas Plaza at 10 a.m. Saturday about safety. She recommended that people who are undocumented leave their phones in their cars, and that if there were counterprotesters, which she thought there may be, they be ignored.
The Modesto protest was organized three weeks in advance, by the Stanislaus Indivisible group, which formed during Donald Trump’s first term as president. Other organizers included Modesto Progressive Democrats and United Domestic Workers Union local 3930.
Lauretta Ayers of Stanislaus Indivisible was one of the organizers in neon yellow vests. “In case people need anything, if they need water, they need a sign, then they know we’re the ones that they go to,” she said. “We told them that if there is an emergency episode, somebody needs an EpiPen or something like that, you can go to us.”…