Protesting
Across America
Since November 8, 2016
The 2016 election devastated me. Never did I think that my fellow Americans would vote in such a despicable person to be our president. I weep for our country. And I am committed to speaking up every chance I can. To that end, I am finding that I am spending a lot of time at protest events:
Healthcare Protest- Bel Air, MD- Congressman Andy Harris's office- December 27, 2016. He was supposed to met with us but left a message that he was delayed in DC. His underpaid assistant had to listen to our anger and despair. I left my recent health insurance cancellation notice with her. She said Harris would get back to me but he hasn't. And I don't expect to hear form him.
The Women's March- Washington. DC- January 21- OMG, the day was joyful, hopeful and comforting. It was wonderful to be surrounded by thousands and thousands of people who left relief to be with so many people who felt hopeful and validated.
Trump's Muslim Ban- rally at the PHL airport- January 29-I marched in Washington, DC last week in the Women's March and that moment was joyful, hopeful and filled with good will. It was a high. After 10 dreadful weeks after our disastrous election, I finally found my voice again. I was surrounded by like-minded people who said, "ENOUGH, we aren't going to take it anymore." But then just a week later, the idiot passes a ban on immigration for some people from certain countries. So I find myself at the Philadelphia airport, along with 5,000 other people, to protest yet again. But this time, it was different. There was no joy here today. I only felt fear. Unlike the Women's March, which was dominated by black and white women, I saw men and women of every race, color, country, religion, ethic group. I spoke to citizens whose families could be or would be affected by this ban. I saw a large Jewish presence which shoveled a message. of the hateful Hitler and the Holocaust, in our faces. I saw an America that I did not recognize.
Women's Rally- Annapolis, MD- February 21- I am at a state rally and our legislators are talking about what is being discussed right now: $15 minimum wage, equal pay, women's rights in rape situations. The list goes on and on and I am stunned because I live in a progressive state. If we are behind by so much, how are other women in other states treated?
The Women's March- West Chester, PA- January 20, 2018
Across America
Since November 8, 2016
The 2016 election devastated me. Never did I think that my fellow Americans would vote in such a despicable person to be our president. I weep for our country. And I am committed to speaking up every chance I can. To that end, I am finding that I am spending a lot of time at protest events:
Healthcare Protest- Bel Air, MD- Congressman Andy Harris's office- December 27, 2016. He was supposed to met with us but left a message that he was delayed in DC. His underpaid assistant had to listen to our anger and despair. I left my recent health insurance cancellation notice with her. She said Harris would get back to me but he hasn't. And I don't expect to hear form him.
The Women's March- Washington. DC- January 21- OMG, the day was joyful, hopeful and comforting. It was wonderful to be surrounded by thousands and thousands of people who left relief to be with so many people who felt hopeful and validated.
Trump's Muslim Ban- rally at the PHL airport- January 29-I marched in Washington, DC last week in the Women's March and that moment was joyful, hopeful and filled with good will. It was a high. After 10 dreadful weeks after our disastrous election, I finally found my voice again. I was surrounded by like-minded people who said, "ENOUGH, we aren't going to take it anymore." But then just a week later, the idiot passes a ban on immigration for some people from certain countries. So I find myself at the Philadelphia airport, along with 5,000 other people, to protest yet again. But this time, it was different. There was no joy here today. I only felt fear. Unlike the Women's March, which was dominated by black and white women, I saw men and women of every race, color, country, religion, ethic group. I spoke to citizens whose families could be or would be affected by this ban. I saw a large Jewish presence which shoveled a message. of the hateful Hitler and the Holocaust, in our faces. I saw an America that I did not recognize.
Women's Rally- Annapolis, MD- February 21- I am at a state rally and our legislators are talking about what is being discussed right now: $15 minimum wage, equal pay, women's rights in rape situations. The list goes on and on and I am stunned because I live in a progressive state. If we are behind by so much, how are other women in other states treated?
The Women's March- West Chester, PA- January 20, 2018
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