First Protest!!

As you can see their are some pictures of the protest that we did today. The protest and press conference was about our clean air campaign.

First we installed our art that was made by our volunteers right in front of the Mayor Daly's office and everyone had to wear a clean air mask and hold up signs about how the coal power plants affect Chicago and its citizens. The press conference went well and the interesting part of it was not only the speeches and the information presented but also that their was a Russian media group visiting and they took our press conference very seriously, they asked many questions and were intrigued at why we where looking at the government for help and not the companies. To what we let them know that we are attacking both sides and proposing certain Viable solutions for the parties involved. So the exciting part might be that our issue will also be viewed in Russia!

After this we proceeded to go to the Daley center square and tried to set up our action in front of a statue known as the Picasso. As soon as we got their they asked us to leave and started talking in all military terms and were very rude to us. Since I understand all the military gibberish/ code they were talking about so I listened carefully and then asked about who their boss was and how to proceed to obtain the space. I went into the building and talked to the people in charge of the plaza and got all the info so we could use it in the future.

We also sat out and dressed up as certain characters and I happened to have to put on a blazer and be one of the rich people who owned the coal businesses. During this time we were asking people to vote either for clean air or for dirty polluted air. We will be doing this during the summer and at then end of the summer we will present this box with votes to the Mayor. Although we did get a lot of votes I feel as if many people were just in such a hurry (This is the financial district of town) that they would not even consider signing the form and voting.

After all this was my first protest and I kind of felt like a rebel. It was fun but also felt great to be out there for a good cause and trying to help the community. I also enjoy doing this and not being in an office just working behind a desk.

Ciao for now!!