That’s the reason the march was on a Saturday. Obviously, lots of people work on weekends, including all of the people working service and government jobs that kept the protest going.

YES. More people care now today than yesterday. And so what if it’s only half, or a quarter of them, that start showing up more? That’s MORE PEOPLE WHO CARE. Who cares WHY they got involved, but maybe it really affected some people deep down to be a part of something and want to continue in that spirit.

Great point. Having the day off to protest is a “luxury” to a lot of people. 

Does that disappointment linger longer than the terror that Putin 2.0 currently inhabits the White House? Cause it shouldn’t and if you’re going to pull the move of being into something before it mattered to everyone else I hope that provides solace when you know the end is near.

I think it’s interesting to watch a metaphorical infant taking its first steps, and then trash said infant for not being able to run a 40-yard-dash in record time. That, to me, is what this article does.

I am in complete agreement with you. I feel as if we are going to repeat the worst parts of our history. The Chinese Exclusion Act, the follow up of not allowing them to testify in court, the Philadelphia Nativist Riots. In that one they threw pigs blood on people, sound familiar?

Yeah I was in the LA march which was an ocean of people. So many people, it terrified me at first. But what is more heartening is to see that 1000 people showed up to protest in Palmer, Alaska! In January!! And all the little towns that didn’t get covered by the media. I have friends all over the US and the world…

Yup. That’s why I had a pretty great high after attending our tiny hastily thrown together march. In an area that went hard for Trump in a swing state it was downright heartwarming seeing hundreds of like-minded individuals. I made a ton of acquaintances with progressives in an area I ALWAYS felt alone in.

For many it is and was the first step. I see a lot of people shitting on those new to activism. Frankly you can choose to be pissed that these people didn’t have your back before, or choose to use this opportunity to turn these people. You had a bunch of people try activism for the first time and it felt good. They’re…

Yes, I was making this point earlier. Essentially the march was a massive list-maker....now organizers need to grab these people and activate them. I didn’t march but I am a white woman involved in SURJ and my first point of order is to ask all marched to attending our next SURJ meeting. I think its way more effective…

That’s a really fair point. I’ve only been to one actual protest before (anti-HB2 in North Carolina), and what made that such a positive experience was the quality of the community organizers who made protesting accessible for those of us who had never done it before. We introduced ourselves to each other, we learned…

Agreed. An activists job at a large successful action is not to whine about why the people who showed up weren’t at the previous actions, but to do something — other than whining — to make sure as many of them as possible come back to the next one. This article is not helpful.

I work for an advocacy organization. We all went to the march, with our friends and our families.

FYI, clinics tend to ask not to have counter protests at their sites because they already have trained patient escorts and any more people just adds stress. Pro PP events elsewhere in your city would probably be great though.

Find out if your area has a PP location to counter protest at here:

I think your instincts about many protesters not being previously involved in BLM protests is probably accurate... although I’d wager many had never protested before in any capacity for any cause at all.

Come on, don’t dis President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. For all his flaws as a President, he did the one thing we should all want a President to do: Find the people smarter than him and actually listen to what they have to say.

Myself and a few ladies in our city are organizing a Stand with Planned Parenthood event to counter the Defund Planned Parenthood protests planned for February 11th. There is SO MUCH work to be done now, it almost feels overwhelming, but I’m picking the things I know I can do to help and encouraging my fellow marchers…

My $0.02, FWIW.

Agreed. Yes, the marching was a great way to signal President Comacho that nobody likes him. But at the same time the real work is yet to come. I have a few FB friends who are doing that 10 actions in 100 days thing and I’m glad to see it.