Marches have long been used to raise awareness and support for social movements. Dating back long before modern era, they have also been successful at their intention to end conflicts or to even get them started in the process of revolution. In recent memory some of their causes has been for racial equality and gender equality.
The Leek of the Dobbs Draft Memo
May 2, 2022: The Supreme Court's draft of the decision for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. It showed the courts readiness to end the overwhelmingly popular protections on abortion rights granted by Roe W. Wade (ruled on in 1973).
The Nation's Outcry
It was on the day of the leak, that marches popped off from LA, Denver, New York. The nation as a collective demanded the Supreme Court not go through with their plans. When I attended a rally in those weeks, these were just some of the chants:
"We Won't Go Back!"
"Not Your Cattle for Breeding!"
"Keep Your Rosaries, Off Our Ovaries!"
Chants shorten and strengthen a message. By creating one simple and satisfying, we are capable of creating a collective outcry. Rather than shouts of a mob, the crowd moves down the mall or street, united, collected, articulate.
Over a Dozen states felt the pressure enough to pass protections for a person right to choose. The protests, successful in safeguarding the rights of at least some people.
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