(Photo by Victoria Pickering)
Expect to hear more cries of “no ban, no wall” this weekend, as Washingtonians are showing no signs of retiring their protest signs any time soon.
Tonight, Amnesty International is gathering in protest outside the White House from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m with the goal of sending a message to senators who haven’t spoken up in opposition to the travel ban. “Every day they are silent, Trump’s Muslim ban gets harder to defeat,” organizers say.
Meanwhile, WERK for Peace (best known as the architects behind the biodegradable glitter-filled dance party outside Mike Pence’s temporary home) plans to shake it off outside the Trump International hotel from 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. in a celebration of intersectionality and resistance. Expect more glitter, rainbow paraphernalia, hand warmers, and a lot of dancing. “We dont need #AlternativeFacts. Our hips dont lie and never had to,” organizers write. “Instead, we embrace and honor the beautiful, magnificent truth of our intersectionality and the power our bodies have to claim space and assert: #WeAreHere and we are not going anywhere. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.”
Tomorrow will see a reprise of last weekend’s rally to support immigrants and refugees outside the White House, from 1 – 4 p.m. The plan is to “gather, speak, chant, and sing” before marching on Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol and Supreme Court.
Shortly thereafter, people plan to gather in front of the Islamic Center of Washington and walk over to the Naval Observatory, holding a candlelight vigil outside Mike Pence’s residence from 5:15 – 8 p.m.
Looking ahead to the spring, there are four large-scale marches planned on consecutive weekends: April 15 (Tax March), April 22 (Scientists’ March on Washington), April 29 (People’s Climate Movement), May 6 (Immigrants’ March).
Rachel Sadon