Ours is every Friday afternoon (unless it’s raining). At a big intersection where there’s a sprawling Fred Meyer store and a large parking lot.
No, it won’t immediately change or improve whatever you’re protesting against. BUT: the camaraderie among your fellow protesters and activists there will be like a tonic for what ails ya! You’ll feel energized and inspired by others there, many of whom have started making it a “regular weekly thing”! At ours, I’m regularly impressed and even tickled by the clever protest signs and sloganeering, AND the upbeat mood everybody’s in!
It’s a tonic to feed the soul. I’ve seen the same folks week after week, and everybody just gets kind of a “contact high” from the others who’ve joined in. Even those of us who are technically still strangers to each other! We still nod to each other in appreciative recognition. We’re ALL “cousins under the protest signs”! Sometimes there are a few folks who turn out in wheelchairs (often with an assistant), and they, too, tend to be in a great mood.
Consider joining one of these impromptu events at one of your local corners. We changed the time of ours as the afternoons started fading earlier, so they’re now scheduled for Fridays at 3:30-4:30pm. I’ve observed budding friendships, sympathetic vibes, and good moods from one end of it to the other, AND spread across the street to at least two other opposite corners. Sometimes somebody shows up with his or her dog. Sometimes there’s a lady on hand who has a few boxes of ready-made protest signs to share or sell. It’s just nice all around. A genuine “upper”! And it’ll make you feel secure in the realization that You Are NOT Alone!!!
And, btw, the appreciation from motorists is impossible to ignore. You’re acting for them, and they not only notice but also honk and wave and give thumbs-up signals as they pass by.
It’s just a damn fine way to spend an hour “out among ‘em”! It’ll put roses in your cheeks! HIGHLY recommended.
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