SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio Independent School District high school student organized a walkout on Wednesday afternoon to protest the erosion of fundamental rights.
Participants will gather at Yanaguana Garden before proceeding to City Hall for a peaceful protest at 3 p.m.
KSAT’s coverage of the protest can be seen in this article.
The organizer of the walkout, Frida Renovato, a student at Brackenridge High School, told KSAT that she started organizing the walkout about two weeks ago.
Students from Brackenridge High School who spoke to KSAT said they were protesting for immigration issues, abortion rights and equal rights for LGBTQ+ people.
“I feel like that should motivate everyone and I feel like I grew up in this type of like community to where I was like, someone needs to do something or nothing’s going to happen at all,” Renovato said.
The protest hoped to create an open space where everyone can voice their concerns about pressing issues.
“(I’m protesting) ICE raids specifically, but it goes into everything. We want this to be an open protest for people to speak on things that matter to them,” Renovato said.
Renovato said the large turnout of students made her happy.
“I’m so glad that there’s so many people. I wish more people from our school came, but I’m so glad that there are students in general,” Renovato said.
In a statement, SAISD said students are allowed to exercise their rights to peacefully protest.
“When they elect to protest, we encourage them to stay on campus, where we give them a safe space to do so during their lunch periods, or before or after school. We do not recommend nor encourage off-campus protest. While we encourage student voice, we also encourage safety – and our wish would be for them to remain safely on campus,“ SAISD said in a statement.
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