Alicia held a rally along with thirty other women in front of the Nigerian consulate in New York to raise awareness on the 219 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in April.
Alicia Keys held a protest along with thirty other women in front of Nigerian consulate in New York on Tuesday, October 14. The "If I Ain't Got You" hitmaker tried to raise awareness along with 30 other women on the day which marked six months since 219 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants back in April.
Alicia and her group of protesters held some signs which read, "We Are Here to Bring Back Our Girls Now." They chanted, "Bring back our girls," and, "When do we want them? Now! Now! Alive!" during the crowded lunch hour as some New Yorkers stopped to take pictures and videos.
The "You Don't Know My Name" singer was accompanied by her husband Swizz Beatz. "Today is my son's birthday and it is also making me stand in solidarity with all the mothers of the Chibok girls who have been abducted for six months and are still missing," she said, "It is just outrageous that that's going on. Some people have even told me they've heard things about 'there's been progress,' but there hasn't been progress because the girls aren't back."
Alicia continued, "So I think that we get mixed information. We don't know, so we just have to keep being made aware of what's happening."
The pregnant singer also took to Instagram to publicize the protest. She posted a picture of one of the signs she brought which read "#Bring Back Our Girls Now" along with caption, "On my lil guys birthday I stand with the mothers of Chibok!! We can't ignore 6 months of this tragedy!! What if it was you or me? I want to remind you that in this darkness, your voice matters! #BringBackOurGirlsNOW!! Let's do something about this. I've signed this, now you!"
On my lil guys birthday I stand with the mothers of Chibok!! We can’t ignore 6 months of this tragedy!! What if it was you or me? I want to remind you that in this darkness, your voice matters! #BringBackOurGirlsNOW!! Let's do something about this. I've signed this, now you!
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It’s my son's birthday today which makes me feel even more in solidarity with the parents of the Chibok girls in Nigeria who were abducted 6 months ago today by Boko Haram. They are still missing!!! At the moment of this rally those parents were marching on the Presidential Palace in Abuja to call on Goodluck Jonathan to pay attention to what can be done to free those girls from a situation too horrible to imagine. It’s difficult and it won’t be easy but we have to keep the pressure on because these girls represent all the girls being kept from an education, they represent all girls who are looked upon as property and they represent rape and violence against women as a weapon of war all over the world! The @WeAreHereMovement is about direct action! Sign your name to join the movement and sign the petition to bring back our girls!! #BringBackOurGirlsNOW #weareheremovement Sign here: (link in bio)
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