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Some 150 people marched along Yakima Valley Highway from Grandview to meet up with another 75 walking in from Sunnyside High School to converge at Sunnyview Park and join another 100 already there for the Peace and Unity Rally Oct. 25.
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On october 25th (2008) there was a march for peace and i was there. It had great enertainment like Animus(an alternatvie rock band who isn't famous yet, and this one guy i grew up with is the drummer)Anyway, if you ask me, i'll say that i loved it. it was fun, the enertianment was awesome, the food was great, and, there were over 300 people there! And, there were over 100 marchers from grandview and 75 from sunnyside and more already there! i was surprized when all those people shoed up.The remainder of the afternoon was filled by talks by people who had experienced gang violence, interspersed by rap musical groups like Animus with Gospel rap music, Phat Cat, Young Ridaz and Zack Poteet.Several politicians were also in attendance during the day to talk with local residents about bringing safety to the communities. Maria Reyes was the second speaker at the Peace and Unity Rally at Sunnyview Park Oct. 25, an effort to bring a quick end to gang violence affecting Lower Valley communities."Our family was a victim of gun violence," Maria Reyes said. "The person who altered our family was a gang member whose violent acts against my sons did affect not only my family, but many others in...
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