NYC Protest at Battery Park in Photos

On the Sign: "LOVE TRUMPS HATE"

On the Sign: "NO HATE. NO FEAR. IMMIGRANTS ARE WELCOME HERE."

On the Sign: "TERRIERS AGAINST TRUMP" (side note: even the dogs know what's up)

crowds in the beginning

On the Sign: "NEVER AGAIN IS NOW"
side note: Can i just say YES. I saw on tweet on twitter saying you can say Never Again all you want, but what you do now is what you would have done. (do note i paraphrased from said tweet HERE)


On the Sign: "MAKE DIVERSITY GREAT AGAIN"


photo of the crowd
also lowkey is that a red light because we're greening it like we're trying to pass a yellow

On the Sign: "NO BAN NO WALL"

On the Sign: "#BANTRUMP"
also can we appreciate the art A+


well we've gotta chant to the beat don't we - shout out to these guys from drumming it out

On the Sign: "NO BAN NO WALL"

This person was holding mirror & the little paper on top said "THIS IS AMERICA"
actually my favorite- especially that second photo where he's like yep this is America


On the Sign: "THIS IS WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE"


On the Sign: "LET OUR LOVE OPEN THE BORDER"

On the Sign: 
TERRORIST:
-is NOT a RELIGION
-is NOT a COUNTRY
-is NOT a RACE
#NoBanNoWall
#MyVoiceIsOurVOice
#Resist

On the Sign: "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."

On the Sign: "NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL"
saw this on the subway if you couldn't tell


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also wanted to share a lil story:
While my sisters and I were there, we had to pray ASR prayer - our afternoon prayer- so we just chose a lil part of the sidewalk that didn't look like if we prayed there we would be stopping anyone from going where they need to be. So we start praying - the three of us- and people started to notice & actually respectfully made sure not to walk directly in front of us. Just wanted to share that. 

Also on our route home, we seemed a bit confused & some ladies asked if we needed help. Kindness everywhere. That's the America I know.

Also, a reporter with BuzzFeed asked me for any thoughts I had- I told her we don't have to look far to see how we should react to refugees- Canada is showing us the response we SHOULD have. 

Last thing, so my sister was telling the reporter as you see he does not represent America, and gestured towards the crowd. To which I then said, well he didn't get the majority vote now did he?






2 comments:

  1. Seeing all of this restores my faith in humanity. I am so glad we have people believing in the right things. This was such a lovely post to read.

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    1. It was really heartwarming to see so many people joined together, as was one of the slogans chanted: They come for one of us, they come for all of us.

      Thank you so much for reading!

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