montreality ([info]montreality) wrote in [info]montreal,
@ 2008-05-09 12:19:00
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March next to Parc Lafontaine
Hey Montreal!

There was a march by young people (CEGEP- and high school-age) just now along Cherrier and up Avenue Parc Lafontaine. I am terrible at guessing numbers but there were easily more than 500 people. I couldn't really read what's on the signs from my window, so I hope someone here knows of the demonstration and can let me know who organized it, and why. Thanks!


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[info]patsy_bags
2008-05-09 04:28 pm UTC (link)
I live right in front of the parc. It's the annual "Marche 2/3". It's a bunch of high school kids who walk to raise awareness about the third world. they also raise money. It's pretty awesome! They are thousands of them that I can see from my window right now!

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[info]_khimera_
2008-05-09 05:13 pm UTC (link)
oh hey. that's sounds really neat!

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[info]rilms
2008-05-09 05:14 pm UTC (link)
I was wondering what that was...I walked past it near Place-des-Art...I thought it had something to do with water or war...which does tie into the 3rd world...

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[info]contradictoire
2008-05-09 07:36 pm UTC (link)
yeah, there were a couple of causes we could support. this year: drinking water in Peru, world peace, water, education for all, hunger...

also, they said we were about 15,000.

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[info]eclips1st
2008-05-09 05:27 pm UTC (link)
ooh! I did that when I was in high school! (in 1996 or 1997 - wow, it's still going?)

At the time, we had to walk 10 km, probably the same now.

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[info]montreality
2008-05-09 05:41 pm UTC (link)
Thank you!

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