By Madelyn Braho · Staff Writer
Grove City Grassroots organized a protest at Grove City Memorial Park targeting ICE’s ongoing immigration raids and the Epstein files saga, while also clamoring for workers’ rights.
Members of the Grove City College Democrats Club attended the protest, which was one of many across the country on Labor Day, Sept. 1, with the theme “Workers over Billionaires.”
They, along with over 100 mostly older protestors, held signs and waved American flags along West Main Street.
“(It was) obviously very peaceful. (The community) knows that other people and different views exist, even here in Grove City … (We want to) be more involved in the community,” Lin Blum, president of the College Democrats Club, said.
The constitution of the club gained approval in 2009 and has gone in and out of activity over the years, but it plans to be more active during President Trump’s second term.
The club has looked to provide a liberal political environment for the campus community.
munity to promote respect for different opinions.
In past years, the club hosted discussion panels, including one on vaccines in 2020. It has also hosted LGBTQ panels, although none recently, and it took part in this year’s organization fair.
However, Blum believes it can be difficult to handle the public attention the club can bring, being on the campus of a politically vocal, conservative college.
“More recently, it’s hard to be involved on campus,” Blum said.
The Mercer County Young Democrats have reached out to the club and are hoping to work with them in some capacity. However, the Young Democrats have not committed to any involvement with the college club as of now.
May Day Strong, an associated group of dozens of labor and advocacy organizations, organized protests throughout the country to speak out about corporate involvement in government. The protest occurred on Labor Day, a “National Day of Action” planned nationwide to combat policies of the Trump administration.
Grove City Grassroots will be holding another protest on Oct. 18 as part of the No Kings movement. The first series of rallies across the country, including one in Grove City, occurred on Jun. 14.
