The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit is around the corner, and all kinds of preparations are being made in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO — The summit is expected to bring leaders like President Joe Biden to San Francisco — that means closures and ramped up security in and around the Moscone Center. With an event like this, there are also issues community organizers are hoping to bring attention to. A few demonstrations and other actions are planned ahead of and during the summit. The 'No to APEC' Coalition is organizing a People's Counter Summit.
'To protest the presence of APEC and the city's pouring of millions of dollars in resources, taking out of what we need for welfare and housing and education,' Ali said.There are also other issues community organizers are hoping to bring attention to, including climate change. Will Wiltschko is with the California Trade Justice Coalition. He said a protest is planned ahead of APEC relating to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework.
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