I can’t think of any other topic for this week’s Wednesday Wisdom than “Stand Up” since Senator Corey Booker spoke for more than 15 hours yesterday on an agenda to bring attention to what the Trump Administration is doing to injure our country and freedoms and will continue to do to the USA.
Public speaking isn’t everyone’s favorite thing to do. I love it, but I’m unsure I could speak for 15 hours. He was inspired by John Lewis’s example and words, “get in good trouble,” to change the USA for the better regarding racial discrimination. If you haven’t watched the movie Selma yet, you should.
This Saturday, April 5th, Americans, joined by citizens of other countries, will gather to “stand up” in the “Global Day of Protests: Cities Unite against Trump and Musk.” The Times Weekly explains the protest this way:
Tens of thousands of people in the United States and around the world are preparing to take to the streets on Saturday, April 5, which organizers are calling the largest single day of protest since Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term. With more than 600 events planned across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and multiple international cities, the message is unified and urgent: Hands off our rights, our resources, and our democracy. In London, demonstrators will gather in Trafalgar Square from 3 to 5 p.m. BST, joining the movement alongside Americans, Canadians, Brits, and others from around the world. “They’re threatening to invade Canada, Greenland, and Panama—and daring the world to stop them. Well, this is the world saying NO,” organizers said. “This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.”
In this Wednesday Wisdom, I encourage you to join me, Senator Booker, and millions of others on Saturday at a local or state area where a protest is happening. In Syracuse, the April 5 “Hands Off” protest promises to be big. You can find out more at the national organization link or locally at this link.
Now is not the time for women to shrink away from fighting for their future. We already don’t get paid equally to men, Roe vs. Wade was overturned, and we can’t keep being silent or sitting in our desk chairs and not do something. I hope you join me Saturday and get into good trouble, too, standing up for all that’s good about “our” beautiful America.
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