Saturday's march in DC was my first large-scale political protest, and like other first-timers there, I was amazed by the depth and the sheer diversity of the crowd. It seemed like all ages, all races, all walks of life were represented, and represented in a massive way.
I suppose this isn't a diary so much as a photoblog post. My thoughts on the whole thing are still too jumbled--the weekend's been a series of really long days, and I've only just had time to sit down and put this diary together.
All that being said, the march was an incredible experience, both for having been there, and for having seen people's reactions when I've told them about it. Being in such a huge crowd without people getting nasty with each other over the waiting was inspiring in and of itself! I'm so grateful to RenaRF for organizing, and for all the other bloggers for coming along--it was great to get to Starbucks at 10 and see so much orange, and even better to march along with you all (once we finally got moving, anyway!)
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