Toledoans march for Jobs, Justice and Peace

TOLEDO, Ohio - It's a dream many Americans are hoping for, finding a job. The latest unemployment numbers show about 12 percent of Lucas County residents are not working.
But a group of people in Toledo are trying to change that thanks to a new campaign.

47 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared his "I have a Dream" speech in DC focusing on equality. But on Saturday many Toledoans took their vision to Detroit to march with Rev. Jesse Jackson to focus on Jobs, Justice and Peace.

"It makes you feel good because we all stood for one purpose," said Cedric Brock, pastor of Mount Nebo Baptist Church in Central Toledo.

Thousands of people attended the Rebuild America march in Detroit.  Brock says the percentage of unemployed people especially here in Toledo is sad. And he's hoping this new campaign will encourage those not to give up.

"A lot of them have given up and re-enlisted in service doing things that may not be quite right in God's eye sight just to make it. We want those who are down and out to know that someone does care," said Brock.

Rev. Jesse Jackson believes the motor city is ground zero for urban crisis, partly because of what's happened with the American auto industry. He says that crisis has trickled down to Toledo and other cities.

Jackson hopes this march will stirrup excitement and turn the unemployment and economic crisis, cities are facing, into an opportunity to create jobs.