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A wedding amid Occupy Oakland protest

by theGrio | October 20, 2011 at 3:42 PM
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The Occupy Oakland tent city might get in the way of some visitors, but it won’t slow down a long-planned wedding at Oakland City Hall.

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Latrina Rhinehart and Matheo Chavez are sticking with their plan to get married on Friday despite the unanticipated extra witnesses. It sort of fits, the couple says, because Chavez is a nephew to Cesar Chavez, the legendary founder of the Farm Workers’ Union and notable 1960s (and on) protester and civil rights leader.

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“Sacrifice is the backbone of making progress,” Matheo Chavez, who supports the Occupy movement, said. “It’s really fitting — my family background and to have (Occupy) in the background of my wedding pictures.”

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