march – East River Park ACTION

Big March to Save the Park

Posted on April 19, 2021May 3, 2021 by Pat

A crowd of some 500 marched from Tompkins Square Park to East River Park Amphitheater Sunday, April 18. For more photos, including all the candidates/advocates, see the photo album: https://patarnow.zenfolio.com/p551069889 Speakers Eileen Myles, MCDaniel Strongwalker Thomas, The Delaware Nation Lenni Lenape Statement from Kiara Williams, co-founder Warriors in the GardenEmily Johnson; LES land protector Rev….

This wonderful park we are trying to preserve is forever Indigenous land of Lenapehoking. We hope to honor and respect the land of this park by advocating its use as a resilient flood-absorbing sponge working with the river-side ecosystem, rather than in defiance of it. We oppose the ESCR project that continues assault on the land and recognize it adds a layer of injury to the ongoing systemic oppression of the original stewards of this land, the Lenapeyok People.