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DESCRIPTION:A rally will be held in St Cloud, MN, on Saturday at 12:00pm to counter 
 anti-immigrant, anti-minority speech that can incite hatred and bigotry in 
 St Cloud community.\n\n\nA statement by Jane Conrad of East Central Labor 
 Council, one of the main organizers of the rally, read, “A rally was 
 planned to counter anti-immigrant speaker Ron Branstner who was speaking at 
 the VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) at 9 18th Ave N in St Cloud on July 
 28th. Two hours after I let the police know about our action and after the 
 police talked with management at the VFW the speaker was canceled. So I 
 canceled the rally. However, I did find out that the VFW did allow the 
 event to go forward with a different anti-immigrant speaker from Willmar, 
 Bob Enos. It's a sad day when the VFW, who are members are people who 
 fought and died for our Constitution, supported a speaker who advocates 
 taking away those liberties from a minority. To counter this we are 
 planning a rally this Saturday August 1st. Please join us a peaceful, 
 collective, community action. We are all in this together. Please forward 
 this on to your members and any other groups that will align with 
 us.”\n\nAhmed Ali Said, a Somali American leader and a former St Cloud 
 City Council candidate said, “We support our veterans. We support our 
 troops. But we’re against outside players spreading racism and bigotry 
 against minority communities or any other community in the wider St Cloud 
 community. The majority of the St Cloud community support mutual respect 
 and love for all and they will support the rally.”\nWhen: Saturday August 
 1st at 12:00pm \nWhere: St Cloud Court House \n               725 
 Courthouse Square         \n\nFor more information, contact\nJane Conrad, 
 organizer\nTel:    320-267-0899\nE-mail:  
 jane_conrad@outlook.com\nFacebook: 
 https://www.facebook.com/jane.conrad.374?fref=ts\n\nAhmed Ali Said, 
 co-organizer, a Somali American community leader and activist\nTel: 
 320-469-0405\nE-mail: ahmedsaid9094@outlook.com\nFacebook: 
 https://www.facebook.com/people/Ahmed-Ali-Said/100005590428932\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/30/18775579.php
SUMMARY:St Cloud, Minnesota: Action Rally Planned on Saturday August 1st
LOCATION:St Cloud Court House \n               725 Courthouse Square  \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/07/30/18775579.php
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