It’s been months, possibly, since the last school walkout in Oakland. For those of you concerned that the city’s young activists were increasingly pushing for change outside of school hours (or inside their respective school campuses), you have nothing to worry about. 

Tomorrow, in observance of May Day, middle and high school students will leave their schools and march to Oakland City Hall to demand passage of the federal DREAM Act – and for an end to “police harrassment and violence against Oakland youth,” according to a news release from BAMN, the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary.

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