Hundreds Rally for Refugees

(Akron, OH)  - Hundreds of people in Akron are rallying for the city's refugees.  An estimated 300 people participated in Saturday's"Akron Peace March for Refugees," leaving Patterson Park and walking along part of Cuyahoga Falls Avenue where many Bhutanese refugees call home.  The "Beacon Journal" reports the group shouted, quote, "No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here" during the march.  The group was protesting President Trump's executive order placing a travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations and all refugees.


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