I went to the Hunts Point Fish Parade expecting to sit and watch and hand out surveys and cookies and alcohol wipes. What I did not foresee was the entire parade staff and participants locking the gates to go on a march through the streets of the peninsula, perhaps the best tour that I could have gotten for my first time on the ground. The march was inspiring and so indicative of the community that I have spent a few months researching, the kids hanging from the windows, the grannies sitting on their stoop, the families having a midday BBQ, even some truckers honking their horns in solidarity with the parade, I got to see it all.
The chants passed around encapsulate the sense of community, resilience, and duality of the Hunts Point peninsula.
FISH PARADE 2021 CHANTS
We are unstoppable! Another Bronx is possible! We are unstoppable! Cleaner air is possible!
We demand SOLUTIONS! NOT more air pollution!
Everywhere we go / people wanna know/ who we are. So we tell ‘em / we are the people / the mighty mighty people / fighting for justice / clean air and water / and if they can’t hear us / we’ll go a little louder!
Hey Hey! Ho Ho! / these peaker plants have got to go!
Hey Hey! Ho Ho! / All these trucks have got to go!
Hurricanes, storms and quakes / how much more can we take? / lets fight back for our kids sake!
Aint no power like the solar power / cause the power of the sun dont stop!
What you see is what you get / and you ain’t seen, nothing yet!
Se ve, se siente! / el pueblo está presente! / se ve, escucha / estamos en la lucha!
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