Once again, we at Unchained At Last are going to Chain-In to protest child marriage in the United States. This time we’re headed to St. Paul, MN
We’ll gather in the Minnesota state capitol Capitol Press Room (B971) wearing bridal gowns and veils, with our arms chained and mouths taped, to protest child marriage. Then we’ll march to the rotunda to urge legislators to pass HF745/SF1393, the simple, commonsense bill that would end child marriage in Minnesota. Will you join us?
February 13 | 2:30 p.m.
Minnesota State Capitol Room B971
75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, St. Paul
We provide the bridal gowns, veils and chains, all at no cost. All you need to do is register via the link below – and join us to make some noise!
Speakers include:
We lead a growing national movement to end child marriage in the United States by eliminating the legal loopholes in all 50 states and at the federal level that allow, and even encourage, child marriage.
Child marriage is often forced marriage, because children face overwhelming legal and practical barriers if they try to leave home, enter a domestic violence shelter, retain an attorney or bring a legal action such as a divorce before they turn 18. Further, child marriage destroys girls’ health, education and economic opportunities and significantly increases their risk of being beaten by their spouse.
The U.S. State Department has called marriage before 18 a “human rights abuse.” Let’s Chain-In to demand an end to this human-rights abuse in Minnesota.
Read more here about Chain-Ins, the powerful form of peaceful protest that we invented to raise awareness of forced and child marriage in the United States.
Learn more here about other ways you can help to end child marriage in the United States.