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Thursday, March 11, 2021
Students from Cape Henlopen High School and its Multi-faith Youth Group are organizing the John Lewis Indian River Inlet Bridge Walk, to be held from 3 to 4:30 p.m., Sunday, March 7.
This nonpartisan, youth-led walk across the Indian River Inlet bridge will mark the anniversary of the 1965 walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge led by members of the civil rights movement including the late Rep. Lewis in Selma, Ala., on the same date to protest voter suppression. The walk was part of the effort that ultimately led to passage of the 1966 Voting Rights Act.
This idea was born after a group of multi-faith teens viewed the documentary ‘Good Trouble’ based on John Lewis extraordinary life in public service, said Rylie Maedler, one of the walk organizers. Although much progress has been made since the ‘60s, we are still walking for full equality, to end voter suppression and preserve our democracy.
Chandra Pitts
Chandra Pitts, a first-generation Mexican American and Black woman, leads a global, social justice and education nonprofit named One Village Alliance in Wilmington, where she also resides.
In 2009, Pitts founded the nonprofit with a mission to raise historically marginalized youth – with a focus on Black and Hispanic families – into greatness through education, entrepreneurship and the arts.
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