Patricia Okoumou

Patricia Okoumou

On July 4th 2018 Patricia climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest the detention of immigrant children by ICE.  She was arrested and eventually sentenced to a years probation. “We stand on the right side of the history. I am not discouraged,  Migrant children who simply came to this country, like our ancestors did, to seek happiness, freedom and liberation. Instead of welcoming them like Lady Liberty symbolizes, instead of treating them with kindness, what we showed them is cages. So if I go in a cage with them, I am on the right side of history.”