Due to inclement weather, Repurpose and its partners at Southeast Texas Progressives have rescheduled today’s protest for Sunday, February 25.

Please stay tuned for details.

The following dispatch comes via Repurpose organizer Jeremy Parzen.

Yesterday at 3:00 p.m. sharp, I stood at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and U.S. Interstate 10 with two black women in Orange, Texas. We were the first to gather at a protest of the recently erected Confederate monument there. We were the only ones who had arrived at that point.

A pick-up truck with two men in it pulled up to the light and rolled down the passenger’s window. The driver, a large white man with light facial hair and a baseball cap, motioned for me to approach the truck. He then asked me what we were doing there.

“We are protesting the Confederate monument,” I replied. “We feel it is offensive to the community. We would like for the site to be re-purposed.”

“Get the f— out of here,” he yelled at me menacingly. “Get the f— out of here,” he shouted again, raising his voice even louder with an extremely aggressive tone.

He rolled up the window as he stomped on the gas and sped away.
Continue reading →

Couple protests ‘insensitive’ monument in Orange.
Beaumont Enterprise (December 28, 2017)

Making Their Voices Heard
Orange Leader (January 2, 2018)

Group in Orange County protests Confederate Memorial:
“it’s a smack in the face to Dr.King’s legacy.”
12NEWS KBMT (VIDEO January 15, 2018)

Protesters picket Confederate memorial in Orange.
Beaumont Enterprise (January 16, 2018)

Welcome to our new site: Repurpose the Confederate Memorial of the Wind in Orange, Texas.

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