Boston Scenes 09-15-2016

Teri Williams of OneUnited Bank

Kevin Cohee of OneUnited Bank

Pastor Matthew K Thompson of Jubilee Christian Church

Pastor Matthew K Thompson of Jubilee Christian Church

Andrew Ward, Maggie Anderson and Teri Williams; Kevin Cohee of OneUnited Bank

Mayor Martin Walsh offers remarks at the annual wreath laying ceremony in the Boston Garden on the 15th anniversary of September 11th, 2001.

On Monday a delegation of interfaith clergy led a “Higher Ground Moral Day of Action” outside of the State House in Boston and in over 25 other capitals across the country. “Our state and the nation truly has a heart problem when we find there are so many people struggling, while a few continue to grow and prosper,” said Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Bethel AME minister and member of the NAACP – Boston Branch. “Today’s calling of a higher moral ground is to encourage our elected leaders to stand for what is right and help raise up the marginalized families throughout our state.”

Demonstrators rally outside of a TD Bank branch in Central Square, protesting the bank’s financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would cut under the Missouri River just above the Standing Rock reservation.