On the cracked, asphalt parking lot of a former Albertsons grocery store in Santa Rosa, live theater and an Aztec dance performance revved up the crowd as they began their march to the city’s Old Courthouse Square.
Their target: Wells Fargo. Protesters say the financial institution invests in companies that operate for-profit immigration detention centers.
"There are some misguided people at Wells Fargo," said Jesus Guzman with the DREAM Act Alliance as he addressed the crowd of more than on hundred from a make shift stage. "They are profiting from the suffering of others and we are here to set them straight!"
Friday’s protest brought together more than 100 people from Occupy Santa Rosa and local immigrant rights activists in an alliance both sides hope will last.
"Today marks a defining point in which Occupy and the immigrant rights movement has come together and joined forces to fight a common battle," said Guzman. "And you want to know something… it's about time!"