As longtime community organizers, we are frequently asked why we bother to keep organizing protests, and why should people bother attending. “Standing on a corner for two hours with a clever sign, especially in a blue area, means nothing. This isn’t doing a thing to create change!” We wholeheartedly beg to differ.

After planning six events so far in 2025 (and dozens more over the last eight+ years), we would like to share our observations on why protests matter, and why we spend the energy designing successful, and often historic, events. How are they historic? We haven’t seen one so large on the Peninsula since the Vietnam War, but this one was also the first human protest line that activated multiple communities along a significant length of El Camino Real. And let us say why you should

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