We Marched in DC. So impressed by the amazing young people. A few takeaways:
I’m glad I was there. But yes I did cry- several times.
^ super @alwaysamom small world! Beautiful blue sky warm spring day- great crowd !
@“Youdon’tsay”, we really got a break in Nashville. I had been watching the weather predictions all week and expected to be rained on big time from what was being predicted. Just a very few raindrops as we got back to Public Square Park from the march loop and no real rain in Nashville until after I got out of town around 1 pm. Glad to hear your son was part of the great crowd there.
If only the small group of extremists had stayed away instead of circling through the crowd pre-event telling us we were all damned to hell because we were whore mongering, baby killing sluts. If Oprah had been there, she could have asked what happened to them to create such hate (reference to her latest 60 Minutes segment on childhood trauma).
One of the best signs we saw was “do something about this before I’m texting my mom from under a desk”.
Huge turnout in Denver, and oh, so many young people, high school kids, families. A survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was among the speakers. One of my favorite signs was an enlarged photo of a very fat, hairy dude sprawled on a couch, naked, Playgirl-style, with a gun covering his groin. The text: A well regulated militia MY ASS
I cried watching the broadcast of some of the DC speeches. Emma Gonzalez is amazing.
I love the CNN photo of the Houston March showing their mayor, police chief and kids marching arm in arm.
I. AM. IN. AWE.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a19482963/emma-gonzalez-march-for-our-lives-speech-transcript/
My H went today. We are in So Cal. Who knew the kids would have to show the adults the way? I hope the kids bring the adults to their knees.
^Someone at our march sang “For what it’s worth” (There’s something happening here…). I think it was kind of lost on the kids, but the people our age were all singing along.
I wasn’t able to go to the one in Dallas today, which I heard was “in the thousands.” I don’t know the exact number.
Aside and apart from this specific issue which has driven these marches, I find it very wonderful that our young people have found that they can have a voice and make an impact. It seems that many of them have been shocked out of the complacency that many in our country have fallen into regarding social activism. The image of our young people as being obsessed with their phones and shallow concerns is being shattered-and maybe some in our society who actually were sleepwalking through life via obsession with social media have suddenly looked up and found something to care about that matters. And hopefully, they will continue to care, take action, and put an end to voter apathy and become the catalyst for positive change that is sorely needed in our society on many fronts. Who knows? Maybe our youth will be the next “greatest generation.”
History 
See: civil rights movement (high school & college kids were the backbone… and younger children), Vietnam, etc.
Children are often the ones to lead the way. They’re more fearless and less jaded. They don’t have the patience older generations want them to have. When they want change, they want it now.
^^I love hearing that these kids may be the ones to “make the change”. But I also kind of cringe when I hear so many saying this.
This isn’t a passing of the baton. They haven’t taken the baton and left adults behind. I don’t think that’s what they are looking for.
There is much work to be done. Let’s not make the mistake twice as adults - waiting for someone else to take care of a problem for someone “younger” or “bolder” to make the change. We have to act too. With them or beside them, or instead of them when they can’t (after all they are students!).
@abasket I’m ashamed that my generation- the first ones to grow up with shooting drills- didn’t do what these kids are doing. But now that it’s happening, they have my complete support.
^We shouldn’t feel that our generation has not done important things, or romani’s generation either. Many things have changed a lot in the past 40 years, not in spite of, but because of the changes in attitudes and the forward march of the boomer generation, generation Y, the gen X’ers, the millennials, the yuppies, et al. I’m particularly thankful that my son can live in a world much more accepting of who he is, and my daughter is less likely to have a boss who can’t see past her gender. We’re not done, but the infusion of passion from this generation assures that change will continue to be made.
I just finished watching many of the students’ speeches from earlier today, and these kids are inspiring.
Got home from the DC march and checking facebook read that at least one march in Iowa has been postponed for weather. My sibs were basically snowed-in today. So glad we had sun here!
H and I were in Colorado march. Loved the speeches and a big turnout.
I marched in Denver too. Loved the brass band!
Love your post @Nrdsb4