What you need to know about Inauguration Day protests, events in Seattle

[brooklynite]

Seattle Times:

Friday (Inauguration Day)
Student walkout and rally: 12-3 p.m. at Seattle Central College; 250 expected to participate.

Immigrant and refugee-rights march: 1 p.m. rally at Judkins Park with march at 2:30 p.m. to Westlake Park. The route starts at 20th Avenue South and South Weller Street, heads north on 20th Avenue South, west on South Jackson Street, and north on 4th Avenue to Westlake Park. About 525 people are expected to participate.



Saturday

Womxn’s March on Seattle: 10 a.m. rally at Judkins Park, with march to Seattle Center beginning at 11 a.m. From 20th Avenue South and South Weller Street, the route heads north on 20th Avenue South, west on South Jackson Street, north on Fourth Avenue, west on Denny Way, and north on Second Avenue North into Seattle Center. About 30,000 people are expected to attend. Organizers predict as many as 50,000 attendees.

[MiniMe]

1. I took my flag down today

Folded it up properly, and put it in a plastic bag where it will stay for at least 4 years

[brooklynite]

2. With all due respect, the wrong strategy...

...the flag represents the nation, and everyone in it. Hiding (or in extreme cases, burning) the flag allows the conservatives/nationalists to claim it as their own.