Why Dee Cohen Marches On

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Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Human Rights.
Every day I wake up and wonder, What’s next? Whose rights will be taken away? What terrible affront will be made on our environment? What evil assault will be thought of as acceptable? The last two years have been a roller coaster ride of madness.

 That’s why I march. I have no choice. Our children depend on it, our grandchildren are inheriting a polluted planet that may be on its last gasp. How long do we wait for the government to do the right thing? We can’t wait any more. They have proven that, to them, profits are more important than people, that money means more than life itself.

 Keep Marching. Keep Resisting. This is what democracy looks like.

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