ACTIVIST Alyssa Phillip announced yesterday that Friday’s march and her arrest during Labour Day celebrations in Fyzabad marked the end of the 19 Bullets, 19 Protests campaign.

In a statement posted to social media yesterday Phillip said that this chapter is now closed as she thanked those who stood with her adding that she had never been comfortable with the title “activist” but was “simply someone who is willing to speak up about the issues that affect us all.”

She said that June 19 was never meant to be another march but was a “call for the people of Trinidad and Tobago to find their voice, speak their truth and stand firm in their convictions without fear.” She added that it was a call for young people to understand that their voices matter, there was power in numbers and that “real change” only occurred when ordinary people refused to stay silent.