I couldn’t attend my local event due to being out of town, but it makes me very happy to see the overwhelming turnout nationwide juxtaposed against the very pathetic images and videos from FDT’s parade. People seemed enthusiastic, creative, peaceful, and happy to stand together for a shared cause. Contrast that with the parade that seemed forced, uncoordinated, poorly attended, and oh yeah, the U.S. government needed Coinbase to sponsor them. It was the best possible outcome for the day as a whole and it gave me a tiny bit of hope, more than I’ve had in 6 months. I do wonder what is next? Nice to see this turnout but it seems it was coordinated in response to his birthday and parade, so will there be another nationwide event in the near future? Hopefully so. Also nice to see some celebs like Jimmy Kimmel and Mark Ruffalo standing up, but I feel like we could really use a hero to do something monumental. Like in my fantasy world, it would be Taylor Swift and Beyoncé hosting a free concert on the National Mall. I know it’s wishful thinking, but America needs influential people to build energy.