Friday, January 20th, 2017: the 45th
President of the United States is
sworn into office and where am I?
Sitting in macroeconomics at Loyola
University in Baltimore, 45 minutes
away from D.C.
Saturday January 21st, 2017: 500,000
women and men gather in D.C. for
the largest women’s rights demon-
stration in United States history and
where am I? Sitting in my dorm do-
ing my macroeconomics homework.
What did I learn from missing these
back—to—back historic events? I
learned that I still remember both
events, and that I recall nothing
from that particular macro lecture.
Regardless of who was elected or
whether I wanted to protest or cel-
ebrate, I realize now that I should
variations of their beliefs. Men and
women created amazing and sa-
tirical posters on a range of topics
concerning women’s rights. I was
especially drawn to the crafters of
the pop—culture posters, who in-
tertwined their comedy with major
rights issues.
I realized that going to a march
doesn’t have to define you as “po-
litical,” in that being present at a
Photos from wiki and Unsplash
Is the
Good
Fight
Over?
have been there, in the moment, tak-
ing part in The Good Fight.
When I heard that a third of the
Loyola student body were attending
the inauguration and The March on
demonstration automatically labels
you as having “these certain views.”
Instead, anyone can express their be-
liefs in any way they see fit. Last fall
I began attending Fridays for Future
and spotted similarities to what oc-
curred in Washington: performanc-
es, crying, hugging, and hundreds
of “There’s no Planet B” posters.
The Good Fight is not over, and it
will not be suppressed into silence.
Washington, I thought, “oh, I have
homework, and it’s too late to buy
train tickets,” but underneath my
excuses lay the real reason: I didn’t
want to be involved with activ-
ism. The Monday after the march,
I saw hundreds of pictures
on Facebook of my friends
protesting. But they were
not just fighting for their
rights and scrutinizing the
system; they were celebrat-
ing. They were celebrat-
ing women, supporting all
types of causes, and meet-
ing new people who shared
Humans are activists, whether they
want to be or not, and there is a small
part of each of us that wants to fight
for our true beliefs. Moving to Ger-
many gave me a second chance to
jump into activism, and I hope wom-
en continue The Good Fight for any
cause close to their hearts.
by Beatrice K.
www.awchamburg.org
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