March Fourth for March 4th
3-19-14
Cynthia Davila
I attended my first march after I sat at my booth to represent my C.A.P.E. Group. As people started to gather for the march I was so impressed with the turnout. I think people that were at the mic trying to get people to come attend also are what got peoples attention walking by. A lot of people stopped by to make signs such as, " Hungry for justice" "March fourth on march 4th" Stop fossil fuel
Freeze tuition sign petition" and
"Love your animals don't abuse them." There were so many different people supporting every group. The March didn't last as long as I expected and I was totally into it. I learned that we had to walk at a steady pace, especially for me I am a very fast walker so I was in the back just following along with everyone. I actually seen some people tag along as we were walking which was really surprising to me because I didn't expect people to suddenly join in. Everyone was holding their sign very proudly and It made me very proud to be along the side of all of them holding up my sign. I feel like this experience made me want to start to be more involved with march's because I never knew how much it could catch people's attention and make them very interested in what we are learning and studying in class. We couldn't chant in certain areas but when we did it was awesome. I was a cheerleader so I was so proud to be able to chant for something that I stand up for. After the march many people were talking about it as they walked away, including me. My friend and I were so happy about the turn out and can't wait to continue to do more.
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