March 2026 SOLC–Day 28
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The first time I protested (during this administration), these were my signs:

When I last demonstrated, I knew things were already bad, but I didn’t anticipate how much worse they would become. It’s all so overwhelming. I’m disgusted, horrified and outraged on a daily basis. It’s hard to know what to do, and all too easy to get caught up in my daily life and do very little. I can call my representatives (and I do, though not very often) and I can stand up and speak out. Today I’m doing the latter. Here are the signs I’ll be carrying:

This side of my sign is taken from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s 2007 poem, “Pity the Nation”. Here is more of it, and a link to the entire poem:

PITY THE NATION

Pity the nation whose people are sheep
And whose shepherds mislead them

Pity the nation whose leaders are liars
Whose sages are silenced
And whose bigots haunt the airwaves

Pity the nation that raises not its voice
Except to praise conquerors
And acclaim the bully as hero
And aims to rule the world
By force and by torture

On a side note, I am so thankful that I work with young children. Teaching them to be kind and honest little humans is a meaningful task, and one that feels like resistance against the ongoing culture of incivility and eroded truth. I take some solace in that.