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Cleverly Executed Demo for Abortion Rights in Top San Francisco Mall
Award winning Westfield Mall was already decorated in lights and Christmas colors when demonstrators arrived to "green it up" for abortion rights on busiest shopping day of the year.
Photos by Rachel Podlishevsky, Probonophoto.org
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SFPD policemen were on the scene to observe demonstrators outside Westfield Mall in San Francisco on November 25 Black Friday. In fact there were almost as many police as there were demonstrators but that didn't stop the protesters brave action for abortion rights.
Westfield San Francisco Centre has been one of the top performing shopping centers in the country and won an award for best design and development. Anchor stores including Nordstrom surround an interior dome which made the perfect backdrop for "Green Friday". Green is the color used to abortion rights worldwide, and activists released green balloons down into the huge atrium. At the same time they unfurled large green banners demanding reproductive justice from the top floor.
Some shoppers seemed to at first think the decorations were part of the Christmas decor and enjoyed the view as they rode the winding escalator. None appeared dismayed when they read the messages for abortion rights. San Francisco is a pro-choice town!
There were no arrests.
Please credit the photographer
SFPD policemen were on the scene to observe demonstrators outside Westfield Mall in San Francisco on November 25 Black Friday. In fact there were almost as many police as there were demonstrators but that didn't stop the protesters brave action for abortion rights.
Westfield San Francisco Centre has been one of the top performing shopping centers in the country and won an award for best design and development. Anchor stores including Nordstrom surround an interior dome which made the perfect backdrop for "Green Friday". Green is the color used to abortion rights worldwide, and activists released green balloons down into the huge atrium. At the same time they unfurled large green banners demanding reproductive justice from the top floor.
Some shoppers seemed to at first think the decorations were part of the Christmas decor and enjoyed the view as they rode the winding escalator. None appeared dismayed when they read the messages for abortion rights. San Francisco is a pro-choice town!
There were no arrests.
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Thanks for your photos and review, Rachel. The shoppers were indeed receptive and grateful for the action.
I will be adding your contribution to our archive of national demonstrations.
Next Action Dec 1, https://riseup4abortionrights.org/nov-25-dec-1/ :
Manifest in green and protest nationwide at courthouses around the country on Thursday December 1, the one-year anniversary of when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case that overturned abortion rights. Through speeches, dramatic bloody die-ins, and in other ways, the protests should make clear that we cannot rely on the courts and have to rely on ourselves to rise up to win legal abortion on demand and without apology everywhere.
I will be adding your contribution to our archive of national demonstrations.
Next Action Dec 1, https://riseup4abortionrights.org/nov-25-dec-1/ :
Manifest in green and protest nationwide at courthouses around the country on Thursday December 1, the one-year anniversary of when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case that overturned abortion rights. Through speeches, dramatic bloody die-ins, and in other ways, the protests should make clear that we cannot rely on the courts and have to rely on ourselves to rise up to win legal abortion on demand and without apology everywhere.
For more information:
https://riseup4abortionrights.org/25novemb...
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