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this to be held in Seguin. Yesuf says the event was all about standing up for what's right and standing up for Black people everywhere. "What I was hoping to accomplish here today is to fight for human rights. Yes, all souls matter but all souls can't matter, unless black lives matter and I just feel like us, the community, we bring the people together and tell our truth and just preach that this system is corrupt, the government is corrupt and that we need a change. 2020 is that year of change and we need change," said Yesuf. See BLACK LIVES MATTER, page 8
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SHS seniors to wrap up a historic year with live ceremony this Saturday By Cindy AguirreHerrera (Seguin) – The event that m a n y individuals thought would never happen is only a day a w a y . Saturday is graduation or diploma day for the Seguin High School Class of 2020.
Organizers Isaiah Yesuf and Darrian Wilson says they felt it was important for an event like
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The crowd chanted, marched, and peacefully assembled in Central Park -- all in an effort to have their voices heard. They chanted things like, "no justice, no peace," "hands up don't shoot," and "say his name, George Floyd!"
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(Seguin) -- A Black Lives Matter protest was held on Wednesday in downtown Seguin. Dozens turned out to protest the death of George Floyd and other African Americans, who have died in violent confrontations with police.
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Due to the rebuild of Matador Stadium, this year’s live graduation ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday at Canyon High School in New Braunfels. SHS Principal Hector Esquivel says although the school knew that the ceremony would be at a different site, they never imagined that the event itself would be at risk of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However today, they are pleased to host the event for the school’s 467 graduates and their families. Of course, due to the new location, social distancing and other safety measures, Esquivel says there will be a few things families will need to keep in mind as they make their way into the stadium and graduation ceremony. "I would like parents to be very well informed that there is a lot of different procedures that
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C o m a l follows. We are actually having it in their place that they probably have to look online or look on social media to understand. One of them is t h a t everybody has to have parking passes to even get in to the gates at the stadium and once they are in, they have to some bands that we distributed to the students for each one of their family members. They get to get up to five so everybody has to have one of those to go in and of course, we will be screening them briefly as they have had in other COVID-19 locations about their current health situation," said Esquivel. Now while things like balloons and noise makers will not be allowed, Esquivel says seniors this year only will get the chance to celebrate by decorating their caps. "We are allowing our students to decorate their caps this year for graduation to commemorate the Class of 2020, the historic graduation that almost didn't happen so we are letting them know that they can decorate it to send thankful messages to their friends and family for helping them along," said Esquivel. See LIVE CEREMONY, page 9