50 years later: Militant Mothers of Raymur honoured for rail blockade victory - BC | Globalnews.ca

“We want some honest proof that these time schedules are going to be kept. And were not leaving until that’s done,” Jerome said on Jan. 6, 1971.

After three blockades and a court ruling in their favour, the mothers got their overpass, and kept vigil on the tracks until construction began in March 1971.“It makes me feel proud that we stood up and we said this is important, it’s going to happen and were going to make it happen,” Jerome recalled.“It’s really great to fight for something and win,” added Turgeon.

Former MLA Shane Simpson grew up in the Raymur Place Housing project and said the victory helped shape his political career and appreciation for social justice. “It’s just really a great story about women who did not have power taking power in order to make their community better and to protect their families,” Simpson told Global News.The pedestrian bridge is still standing today and used by students and community members. The city has renamed it Militant Mothers of Raymur Overpass.“I’m very proud to have been part of that,” Turgeon said.“I hope that everybody who wants to change things uses that as an example.

More than half a century later, Jerome and Turgeon joined three of the other original mothers who fought for change, Jean Amos, Barbara Burnet, and Muggs Sigurgeirson, on stage at ‘Militant Mother’s Day.’for their timeless act of civil disobedience.As she marked the milestone anniversary, Jerome said she was thinking about the mothers who couldn’t make it.© 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

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