The weather couldn’t stop the march for the cause.
Via STL Today
On a day when many teenagers were enjoying the holiday off from school and staying inside, a small group of students stepped outside onto Market Street, arms locked as they marched through the snow and cold.
The honors students from Clyde C. Miller Career Academy, a city high school, had been planning a march against injustice and inequalities for Presidents Day and Black History Month. Their plans, however, didn’t include the season’s largest snowfall yet to hit at the same time.
It didn’t matter to them.
Dressed in a suit and tie, dress shoes and peacoat, Ryan Young didn’t let the weather or the small turnout of nine people discourage him. At noon with snowflakes falling, they began walking towards their destination, the Old Courthouse downtown, nearly 3 miles from their start near Compton Avenue.
“I just want people to remain hopeful and be positive and continue to push for a change,” he said.[…]
They talked about problems with the justice system, and that no one tracks police killings. And they referenced Brown’s death.
“How do we find change when we are killing each other? Instead of fighting against each other, fight against the injustices that we face,” Young said. “We can’t say no peace and no justice, when there isn’t peace and justice among ourselves.”
Young spoke through a bullhorn as the small group huddled around him. A few people walked by hurriedly in the cold.
After Bell, thanked the group.
“Mother Nature didn’t want us out here today,” she said. “Take this with you, and make a change.”