"Lexi Tater, a graduate student at Michigan Tech who organized the event, said, “…my greatest motivation [for organizing this protest] was feeling like people were feeling unsafe and like their voices weren’t being heard… there are so many intimidation tactics that are being used right now to overwhelm us… the goal of this is to empower people to use their voice and come together and feel supported.” This event also marks the beginning of a community organization, partnered with Michigan United, that will meet monthly. “We’re hopefully gonna be meeting once a month for the next 15 months campaigning for a particular issue,” said Tater. “We haven’t decided on the particular issue yet, but we’re hoping to make positive changes in the world and in our local government.”