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   On Saturday all across the US, the ACLU had training events for protesters. These events were used to inform protesters of their rights while protesting. Around 200,000 people showed up to 2,000 different events all over the US. This is the first event of its kind where an organization is trying to help people learn their rights and how they can protect themselves during a protest or from the law. Its main focus was the first amendment and civil rights for LGBT people. It also did two other things, one of which was launching a site called PeoplePower.org to try and connect protesters across the country. The second thing it did was planning to create "freedom cities"  which will protest against Trump's new immigration laws and bans as well as other things that affect the nation's minorities.

   This relates to what we are going over in class because it is about the people being protected while protesting for civil rights. Protesting is one of the main reasons so many people have rights today. The main way women's suffrage was noticed and given was through protesting. With the protesters having more knowledge of their rights will help out with having fewer people go to jail during protests. These protests have been gaining a lot of attention recently because of the recent election and the police involvement. With informed citizens we have fewer people go to jail or get in trouble while protesting.

   I think this article is a good way to show how we are trying to help protect people who are trying to change America. These events are good for the protesters who believe in something but don't know anything about protesting. This is a good way to get people to protest more for things they believe in. If we had done something like this earlier we would have had fewer problems with protests in the past. I think that getting the public educated about certain things will help us change this nation to be a better place. We still have a long ways to go before we are completely equal but for now, this is a good start.