This event took place from 4:00-6:00 PM on Thursday, July 17th.
Roughly 100 people lined the sidewalks at Withington Park, stretching from Washington Ave down Louis Glick! And we didn't just get Jackson locals -- attendees from six other counties joined us for the national day of action! Several participants were members of the Jackson County Democratic Committee (including chair Amador Ybarra and fellow organizer Natalie Schroeder), while others came from the Lenawee County Indivisible team. Plus we had a handful of folks from Rank MI Vote walking around with petitions! What a turnout!
While I wasn't really an organizer this time, I spent most of the two hours talking to people. Everyone had such incredible signs, with fun slogans and designs (see the Media page for pictures!)! And those who didn't bring a sign seemed to be having loads of fun cheering at the many honking cars whizzing past. This phenomenal group of people really made this event one for the books! I'm hoping some of them become regular attendees!
Fortunately, we had only one, quickly-resolved incident! I'd like to thank everyone who came for keeping things peaceful and respectful. As a reminder, we run by the rule of "everyone is welcome until you start antagonizing people" and advise all protest participants to back off from developing conflicts.
I'd call this event a great success! This more than doubled the usual turnout for the typical weekly Thursday 4-6PM protest, and was just as joyful as normal. Good trouble certainly lives on in Jackson!