#inauguratetheresistance

[hamsahands]

"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream & the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise." - Maya Angelou. Women's Day March, Washington DC. We shall not be moved.

[ritware1850]

#Repost @slyngstad_cartoons ・・・ How I feel waking up on the morning of President Trump's inauguration. Here we go #presidenttrump #donaldtrump #trump #trumpinaugural #trumpinauguration #inauguration2017 #inauguration #trumpmemes #notmypresident #nevertrump #dumptrump #inauguratetheresistance #washingtondc #dc #politicalcartoon #cartoon #cartoonist #potus #thanksobama

[kama-souptra]

Yesterday, I attended a fantastic resistance march called the Athens Day of Resistance. There were over 800 people, all chanting, marching, and fighting for our cause. I’m thrilled to have been part of this. The fight has just begun, and it’s not over until we say it’s over. When human rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!

[roonaloo]

👯👯👯👯💋👑🍑💎

(at Denver’s Civic Center Park)

[mypaththroughtimeandspace]

My favorite sign so far, and so fitting. #InaugurateTheResistance

[christenclifford]

This is happening tonight! 6-8 #writersresist #inauguratetheresistance #inaugurateourdemocracy

[haaziqhamid1-blog]

#REIN of influence for #Trump

I remembered during the time I was still a child, I really loved riding miniature motorized vehicles; you get access with payment of RM 3.00. The business model was really simple and efficient, it targeted anyone with a child. Hence, it really doesn't end there; and eventually I learn about capitalism influencing the positioning of vendors within the shopping mall to entice people to spend more. Reeling in the benefits, while spreading the compound interest of wanting more for status and visibility for people to spend more for their status quo.

Everyone is bound to be distracted from the essential fundamentals, and eventually awed by the auscultation of direct conflicts (experiences) that happens directly or indirectly to them.

The following groups (Lopez, G. 2017 of Vox) has done a tremendous job in inciting the emotions of fellow democrats or those who at least love the notion of 'personal freedom' and to do more indirect dents to their cause. The list are as follows :

1. #J20Resist 2. #InaugurateTheResistance 3. The Inaugural #Trump420 4. Occupy Inauguration 5. #NotMyPresident 6. Let America Hear Us, Roar for Trump 7. Bikers for Trump 8. Women’s March on Washington 9. Pro-Life Presence at the Women’s March

While the media was busy relaying stories that (Krieg, G. 2017 of CNN) two hundred individuals (eventually more arrest made) involved in the above groups were arrested, while summation of Donald J. Trump being a fascist. Donald J. Trump (Pope, C. 2017) influential spectrum had the ability to approve the REINS act. Depending where you are in the sphere of political hemisphere, this eventually mean the relaxation of policies in reference towards the red tape of approvals against operations area of food packaging, drug production and chemical vetting procedures against any safety standards.

Do we really want members of Congress deciding whether a chemical can safely be used in food packaging? Or the proper procedures for approving new drugs as safe and effective? Or setting the allowable safety standard for heavy metals in drinking water?

However, who is really at lost when Congressman John Conyers, Jr. of the democratic party; stated that by having the REINS act approved it would really mean the end of rule making. Just what does this really mean ? Is it the end for democratic influence over legislation authorization for the Democrats ?

Donald J. Trump in all his right, has probably overseen this and proceeded to action this faulty process (Korte, G. 2017 of USA TODAY); within his first 3 days within the Oval Office.

[osradis]

One or two #snowflakes can be ignored. A million snowflakes is a force to be reckoned with. Happy #SockSaturday! File these under #Dewey: 320.5 - #Politicalideologies 320.9 - #PoliticalSituations 321.5 - #ElitistSystems 321.9 - #AuthoritarianSystems 322.4 - #PoliticalActionGroups 323.1 - #CivilRights 323.4 - #SuspensionOfCivilRights 323.5 - #PoliticalRights 324.6 - #Suffrage 324.7 - #ConductOfElectionCampaigns 391.413 - #Footwear 746.92 - #FashionDesign #Drumpf #NotMyPresident @womensmarch #womensmarch #IMarchFor #WhyIMarch #OccupyInauguration #TheResistance #westandunited #wewillresist #InaugurateTheResistance #refusefascism #ResistFromDay1 #StandUp #MarchingForward #Unauguration #DumpTrump #SJW #DeweyDecimal #DeweyDecimalSystem #Cataloging (at Trump Tower New York)

[kipenyan]

Day one. Every single one of us and millions more like us are going to make sure it's known that we will not take the rise of fascism lying down. Every step of the way we will be there, fighting back. #inauguratetheresistance #getintheway (at Pennsylvania Avenue)

[cvpeterson]

Just a little after dinner bonding time... #womensmarch #imarchfor #whyimarch #occupyinauguration #disruptj20 #theresistance #inauguratetheresistance #refusefascism #marchingforward #resistfromday1 #notmypresident (at Ragdale Foundation)

[inaugurationprotest-blog]

[cypher2]

#Trump420: 20 January

Marijuana advocates in Washington DC will take Michelle Obama’s “when they go low, we go high” slogan literally, handing out 4,200 free joints on the morning of the inauguration.

DisruptJ20: 14-20 January

A week of scheduled demonstrations, from an LGBT dance party outside Mike Pence’s home in Chevy Chase to a protest of the alt-right’s Deploraball, will make up DisruptJ20.

#InaugurateTheResistance

Just a few blocks away, the Answer (“Act now to stop war and end racism”) coalition will host a mass protest on inauguration day at Freedom Plaza, on the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.

Rise Above Conference: 21-22 January

Lawyers concerned about how Trump’s policies might violate the constitution are demonstrating in the most lawyerly way possible: by holding a conference in DC over inauguration weekend.

We Are Here To Stay: 14 January

The We Are Here To Stay rally will take place this Saturday in DC, deliberately held while Barack Obama is still the president.

Four Women for All Women: 18-21 January

The 252-mile journey is the equivalent of nine marathons. Initially just four women planned to run the distance, but now dozens of women are planning to join them for four-mile stints in a relay that anyone interested can sign up to join.

Women’s March on Washington: 21 January

The biggest protest of the inauguration will take place on the Saturday, with at least 100,000 people expected to attend the Women’s March on Washington.  The protest kicks off at 11am at the corner of Independence Avenue and Third Street SW, although the final route has yet to be announced. More than 280 independently organized marches will be held in solidarity in all 50 states.  More than 20 countries will host solidarity marches, with nations including Australia, Canada, Portugal and Mexico and the UK holding events.

[graceylou]

“PEACEFUL PROTESTS ARE A HALLMARK OF OUR DEMOCRACY” -DONALD TRUMP, 2017 (prob not actually him, just his twitter ghostwriter, but nothing is real in the world of information anymore so idc !!!!) #inauguratetheresistance #athensga #j20athens http://ift.tt/2jjJEmN

[nofomoartworld]

Hyperallergic: Artists Coordinate a Banner Drop Against Hate For Inauguration Weekend

A sign by Peter Ferrari outside Little’s Cafe in Atlanta (photo by Isadora Pennington)

Banners painted with messages of love, unity, and resilience now adorn the facades of dozens of buildings around Philadelphia and Atlanta as a response to what organizers of the coordinated drops describe as “a global shift towards fear and exclusivity.​” Although the dual-city effort’s urge for America to come together launched today to coincide with Donald Trump’s inauguration, it is not a protest directed at America’s least popular president in decades but rather serves as a visual stance against hate and divisiveness during this particularly tense weekend.

A sign by Kristen Consuegra and Franco Bejarano outside Atlanta’s Melrose & Macqueen hair salon (photo by Sharif Hassan)

Over 100 artists and arts organizations spread across Philadelphia and Atlanta have contributed their colorful creations, which now adorn art spaces but also churches, bars, retail stores, restaurants, and tattoo parlors, whose owners have signed onto the project as well. These #SignsofSolidarity, as the action is called, include phrases like, “Girls w/ dreams become women w/ vision”; “No Matter How Dim, Continue To Shine”; “Moral outrage is born of love”; and “This is not normal. But we are not normal either. We will change the ordinary by being extraordinary.” They remain up through January 22.

“For me personally, this project is about two big things: first, refusing to treat the Inauguration of Donald Trump like any normal political event, and second, working with dozens and dozens of Philadelphians to send the message that we as a city overwhelmingly stand in opposition to hate and divisiveness,” photographer Conrad Benner, who helped organize the Philadelphia actions, told Hyperallergic. “That the City of Brotherly Love is a place for just that, love and inclusivity. And we’re a much better city for it.”

A sign by William Mitchell outside Atlanta’s Murmur Media Gallery (photo by Tim Lampe)

A sign by Lauren Pallotta, Charmaine Minniefield, Jessica Caldas, made with C4Atlanta outside Atlanta’s Gaja Korean Restaurant (photo by Isadora Pennington)

#SignsofSolidarity began in Philadelphia, initially conceived as a banner drop confined to private homes. It quickly grew, though, into a city-wide endeavor and crossed the 800 miles into Atlanta after Monica Campana of local nonprofit Living Walls heard about it. After contacting Benner and his collaborators to express her interest in replicating their efforts in the cradle of the civil rights movement, she began reaching out to people in the Atlanta arts community, and many responded swiftly.

“For me, as an immigrant from Peru, and a woman, this project is important in a time when hate towards people like me and other marginalized groups is being justified,” Campana told Hyperallergic. “We, as artists, need to create spaces of support, hope and resistance. For me this project is simply a way that I can give people a little glimpse of hope. It is a way for me to tell them we are not alone, and for the whole ATL arts community to come as one to make the statement that we do not stand for hate.”

A sign by Brutal Studio their space in Atlanta (photo by Isadora Pennington)

A sign by Kayleen Nicole Scott in Atlanta (photo by Isadora Pennington)

Artist Michelle Angela Ortiz‘s banner, which hangs at Johnny Brenda’s Tavern in Philadelphia, is one that specifically addresses communities at risk with the entry of Trump’s administration. Featuring two hummingbirds in flight, it reads, “You can’t take away our resilience, our beauty, our humanity, our strength. ‘Aqui Me Quedo/‘ [Here I will stay].”

“I felt it was necessary for me to say these words, as a child of immigrants, a woman of color, a mother, and artist working in communities,” Ortiz said. “I want these words to resonate in our minds and hearts and be reminded of our collective strength needed to continue to resist the growing hate and injustice in our country.”

Michelle Angela Ortiz’s sign at Johnny Brenda’s Tavern in Philadelphia (photo by Conrad Benner)

While many people are headed to Washington, DC or New York City to join actions including the Women’s March on Washington and that on New York; Black, Brown & Indigenous Mobilize Against White Nationalism; #InaugurateTheResistance; and #NotMyPresident, many others are unable to attend these actions even if they wish to. Spread across two cities, #SignsofSolidarity offers an opportunity for artists to respond, loudly, to the election in their own towns while creating a connection with communities beyond these local borders.

“If we accomplish anything, I personally hope it’s that we can help to make the many, many communities that Donald Trump has attacked over the course of his campaign feel loved, appreciated, and wanted,” Benner said. “Donald Trump does not speak for the majority of Americans — heck he doesn’t even speak for the majority of American voters. It’s my belief that the majority of Americans choose love, and I hope everyone can feel that love this week.”

Artists in Atlanta with their signs at Notch8 Gallery (photo by Brandon English)

A sign by SOAP Goods Creative at Ria’s Blue Bird in Atlanta (photo by Modou Jallow)

A sign by Barry Lee at Octane Coffee in Atlanta (photo by Modou Jallow)

A sign by Catlanta outside the restaurant MOTHER in Atlanta (photo by Brandon English)

A sign by Glossblack in Philadelphia (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Isaiah Zagar outside Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia that reads, “Say it loud and clear/You have a voice/Use your voice/Speak up” (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Ishknits outside Pizza Brain in Philadelphia (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by CURVE in Philadelphia (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Zoe Cohen in Philadelphia (photo by Conrad Benner)

Alloyius McIlwaine’s Sign at La Colombe in Philadelphia (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Philadelphia artists Miriam Singer and Jaqueline Quinn (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Philadelphia artist Kees Holterman (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Philadelphia artists Sheldon Abba and Bruno Guerreiro (photo by Conrad Benner)

A sign by Philadelphia artist Yuenglingblingbling (photo by Conrad Benner)

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