Rise up for Children in Spokane

About 100 people marched through downtown Thursday with yellow and blue balloons, chanting, “Shine your light, join the fight.”

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Thu., July 30, 2020

A crowd moves through downtown during a march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Gloria McNelly cheers as she marches during an anti-human trafficking march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Erin Tingey with Operation Underground Railroad speaks before an anti-human trafficking march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Dale Strom, a Spokane-based volunteer Washington Governor Candidate Joshua Freed speaks before an anti-human trafficking march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Dale Strom, a Spokane-based volunteer Washington Governor Candidate Joshua Freed speaks before an anti-human trafficking march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Dale Strom, left, a Spokane-based volunteer Washington Governor Candidate Joshua Freed chats with Erin Tingey, center-right, with Operation Underground Railroad during an anti-human trafficking march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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A crowd moves through downtown during a march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Dale Strom, left, a Spokane-based volunteer Washington Governor Candidate Joshua Freed and Erin Tingey, right, with Operation Underground Railroad march an anti-human trafficking rally held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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Lindsay Sinclair, left, and Micah Hanson, second left, march during a Rise Up For Children March hosted by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash.

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A crowd moves through downtown during a march held by Operation Underground Railroad on Thursday, July 30, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. The group marched from the Riverfront Park Clock Tower through downtown spokane and listened to speakers about the policy issues surrounding human trafficking.

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