January 23, 2017
“O.K. Count off your numbers.” Seth Kolker, who grew up in Arlington, organized a group of 42 youths to participate in the Women’s March. They are from Central Falls, R.I. where he is a teacher. Kolker says Central Falls has a median income of $14,000 and 103 nationalities in one square mile. Kolker’s father, David Kolker who has lived in Arlington since 1985, says the students came because a lot of them were pretty fearful after the election that they, or someone they knew, would be deported. They asked if there was anything they could do. Seth Kolker, says Micaela Pond, his fifth grade teacher at Key Elementary, helped organize this group after getting energized after the election. David Kolker said, “There was a special fundraiser to raise $8,000 for the trip; a lot of it came from Arlington.” The students arrived on Friday and stayed overnight at Rock Spring UCC before heading off to the March at 8 a.m. Saturday morning.
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