Serve The City created a ‘flash mob’ to protest what is happening in Paris with the government moving the homeless outside the Périphérique during the Olympic games. A group of STCP volunteers put on the Les Misérables costumes and sang the song “Can you hear the people sign” from the play “Les Misérables”, which represents a time in France where there was a disparity between the king/government and poor/homeless citizens.
Of course, there are similarities to what France is experiencing today with anti-immigration and the way the homeless are being treated during the Olympics. Singing in the streets and a video was also created for social media purposes to raise awareness in Paris so the tourists here for the Olympics get the whole story.. “A protest through music”!
by Tom Wilscam
