Gleaning Facebook: Persist!

We must expand the marches into a movement...

Join the Indivisable group in your area.

Get involved in your political party.

Join ACLU.

Here in Rome join One Community United.

CRBI, NAACP,

Be intentional in your personal life about involving real people of different backgrounds, races, religions.

Communicate unrelentingly with your city, county, state, and national public servants.

Show up IN PERSON at govt meetings, political events, politician offices.

Be heard. Be seen. Be persistant.

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(From a friend's wall)

For all those who didn't understand (and you know who you are). To those who are confused or surprised about why millions of people (men, women and children) showed up to protest on Saturday, Jan 21st, 2017. . .

"Women are marching because our children deserve a secretary of education that cares about education."

"Women are marching because our family and friends deserve healthcare. Did you know that before the ACA, newborns in the NICU would hit their lifetime caps on health insurance coverage. That's right, Babies who had never felt the sun on their skin could no longer get health insurance."

"Women are marching because domestic violence crisis centers and after school programs deserve funding."

"Women are marching because we deserve clean air, clean water, and national parks."

"Women are marching because we believe the children protected by the DREAM act deserve to be here and they deserve to live with their parents, not in orphanages and foster homes."

"And most of all, women are marching because we have the right to. The right to protest and speak out against our government is the first amendment. That's right, #1! It is one of our most fundamental American right"

"Saying that we're whining, throwing temper tantrums, or that we're immature, or that we need to get over it will not stop us. It will not stop us from fighting for you. And we are fighting for you because you deserve these rights too."

"We're not marching because Trump won"

"We're marching because he wants to take all of the things that we hold dear away. All of the things that we've been fighting for for generations."

"And we're not giving up easily."

"Anyone who thinks we're marching because we lost just simply isn't listening. We're fighting because we refuse to lose more."

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