People’s March Seattle protest resumes ahead of Trump inauguration

Cunningham agreed and stated she thinks it’s vital for the federal government to handle local weather change from a systemic perspective and to not blame people for his or her decisions. 

“We’ve got to know that it’s the companies and our authorities that must be taking steps to handle this from a systemic degree,” Cunningham stated. 

A small chunk of protestors had been individuals of colour, however the crowd was predominantly white. Ekrich, who’s Black, stated he understands why fewer individuals of colour had been marching at present.

“It’s scary to be put in a scenario the place there’s loads of police round right here. You by no means actually know what may occur in these conditions, so I feel it’s typically simply safer to remain inside,” Ekrich stated. 

Jensen stated she went to the primary Girls’s March in 2017 together with her mother when she was 13 and in seventh grade. 

“It was this big sea of pink hats and it felt big and so protected, I’ve by no means seen that many varieties of various individuals with, like, one trigger earlier than, and that was so cool as a bit child to see,” Jensen stated. Now she’s in school, and stated she feels actually unhappy to be again in the identical place as an grownup. 

“It’s exhausting and demoralizing to be put proper again at the beginning of it once more, probably worse this time, with extra aggressive insurance policies possibly being applied,” Ekrich stated. 

The three stated they’ve misplaced depend of what number of protests they’ve been to, and seen that the gang was smaller than at others they’ve attended. Cunningham stated she understands individuals are on the sting, exhausted and struggling to pay their payments, so it’s tough for them to become involved in activism. 

“It’s simply unhappy that it appears like we haven’t made as a lot progress as we might have needed to with such a big chunk of our lives and we’re again right here in one other Trump presidency,” Cunningham stated.

Correction: this story has been up to date to delete an error associated to a march participant’s voting background.