Former Benton Harbor City Commissioner Trenton Bowens is inviting all residents of the region to join a Peace March from St. Joseph to Benton Harbor this Saturday afternoon at 4pm, June 13th.
Bowens says that the march is sponsored by the Benton Harbor Coalition of Community Organization and the S.H.A.R.P. Foundation.
Bowens says, “This peaceful march will focus on local and national people and events dealing with police brutality and injustices, as well as inequalities in healthcare, education and revenue distribution and income.”
The march is slated to begin in St. Joseph near the intersection of Wayne & Port Streets near the Berrien County Sheriff’s Offfice and proceed past the county courthouse to Lake Bluff Park before turning south along the Lake to Broad Street, and then venture back to Wayne Street to begin the March across the Twin Cities Bicentennial Bridge into downtown Benton Harbor at Dwight P. Mitchell City Center Park. Before making the bridge crossing, a candle lighting ceremony will take place, and speakers will both locations where stops are made.
Organizers are stressing adherence to social distancing and are asking participants to wear face masks during the march.
The Benton Harbor Coalition of Community Organizations and The S.H.A.R.P Foundation will also join hands in the coming days to host a series of Town Hall Meetings and Community Engagement Conversations about racism and other topics at dates yet to be determined.
For more information, you can contact Trenton Bowens at (269) 861-2861. To stay abreast regarding other events, you can follow Trenton Bowens on Facebook.
