LYNN — Essex County Community Organization (ECCO) members on Monday evening march from Lynn to Swampscott to call for racial justice, criminal justice reform and protection of immigrant families.
The march, according to an ECCO statement, begins with marchers assembling at 5 p.m. Monday at Zion Baptist Church, 4 Adams St. extension, Lynn, and marching to Red Rock Park on Lynn Shore Drive.
At 6 p.m. marchers will proceed from Red Rock Park to First Church, 40 Monument Ave., Swampscott, for a 6:45 p.m. rally and celebration.
Monday’s march, according to ECCO member Nicole McClain, will follow testimony by ECCO members at the State House in Boston encouraging state legislators to end “mandatory minimums.”
McClain said mandatory minimums are court sentencing standards that “disproportionately affect people of color and pressure defendants to plea bargain even if they are innocent.”