The Community of El Sobrante Speaks Out Against Swastika Installation | Not in Our Town

The Community of El Sobrante Speaks Out Against Swastika Installation

 

We live in El Sobrante and are grateful to live in a small community with such diversity of race, religion and ethnicity.

Then we heard that in June 2019 a member of our community erected a 10 foot by 10 foot swastika in his front yard. A swastika, which once was a religious symbol, is now widely recognized as an international symbol of hate. In the last 100 years, under the banner of the swastika, millions of Jewish, Roma, gay, and other people were brutally slaughtered.

The presence of a swastika in our community makes many people feel unsafe to live in a community that tolerates visible expressions of hate and bigotry. Therefore, we are calling on this person to remove the swastika.

We came together and took a stand in our community when hate reared its head in the past. 

Many businesses and homes have a Not In Our Town: El Sobrante sign posted.

We are speaking out now to show our neighbors that we want to keep El Sobrante as a welcoming community, free of intolerance and hate. 

Please add your name and circulate to your neighbors. Visit the petition.

 

 

 

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