Joey Mendez Soc 122

Joey Mendez

May 14th 2018

Social Movements

March Forth Protest Tactic

The protest march was probably one of the most moving things I have ever done. I have never been apart of a march for social movements and politics, so I never thought I would do a social movement march holding signs with a bunch a people. For this event all the groups made signs on their causes and what they were marching for. The groups I was involved with was the race group. My signs personally said, "Segregation ends here" and "All races are equal" .  I love how all the groups came together as one and all supported each other groups and views on the movements they were supporting. It was almost like we were all a team with the same overall goal which was to bring attention to everyone's group and not just our own. Overall, I thought the event went really well, but if I would change one thing about it, I would do it at a different time of day when more people are outside able to see. I would also make sure each and every group has multiple chants to say because it brings a lot of attention when you hear something like that. I felt that there was less attention towards all the groups when everyone was quiet and just walking. It was pretty cool when we were walking down the street and cars were honking at us supporting what were doing. People were even taking videos of us. Even if the video was making fun of us it was still getting posted on some sort of social media which means more people will see and possibly be interested in supporting. I thought this even not only brought great solidarity among our groups but also brought all the other groups together as one massive group trying to bring notice to each and every one of their causes. Before this March, I would have never been involved with something like this because I honestly did not care about social movements or problems in the world because they were not affecting me. But after the March I had the best feeling in the world knowing that I was helping other instead of myself for once. Now I want to participate in more Marches in the future just to get the same feeling I got when participation in the March Forth Protest.