12/16/16 : TRUMP DAY-AFTER ELECTION ACTION
At the “We Won’t Wait” Anti-Trump rally, on the day after the election on November 9th, in New York’s Columbus Circle, a group of people as diverse as the city they are protesting from gather to register their contempt for the incoming president in wake of an exceedingly turbulent and shocking election.
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“I can’t just sit in my room and be sad,” one young woman rooted firmly outside Trump Tower says. “I have to be an activist now.” Indeed, many of the people assembled this afternoon may have not considered themselves activists, but the election of Trump has effectively and rapidly inspired them toward action. With an emphasis on accountability — “there is no one to blame here but us,” says a megaphone-aided protester — concerns and anger regarding a Trump Administration’s potential policies and the effect they might have on already-marginalized groups of people are voiced. However, fierce, action-based optimism also shines through. “Another world is already being born,” says another protestor. “And we the people can see it clear.”
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