""I said, 'No, we need to do something in the community right now,' he recalled.""
""onto Canva, made a flyer, sent it out,""
""Within six hours, we'd gotten about 500 people out into the park," he said."
""our community just won't stand for attacks against us.""
A protest filled Christopher Park in Greenwich Village at dusk after the Pride flag was removed from the Stonewall National Monument. Attendees estimated between 500 and 750 people gathered, wearing rainbow flags and chanting around the park's statues. Jay Walker, 58, organized the rally on short notice, creating a flyer on Canva and sharing it through social media and community networks to spur immediate action. The rapid turnout within hours demonstrated local resistance to the flag's removal. Organizers framed the action as defending Stonewall's "living history" and asserting community ownership of the monument.
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