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Hundreds of people rallied in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse in Eureka today for the People’s March, a nationwide “day of joyful resistance” to protest the incoming Trump Administration. Many demonstrators waved handmade signs at passersby as the crowd chanted “Power to the people!” and “Immigrants’ rights are human rights!” 

The People’s March is a sequel, of sorts, to the original Women’s March of 2017, which took place the day after Donald Trump was sworn in for his first term as president. The rebranded march has expanded beyond women’s reproductive rights to include more people and a wider range of issues, including LBTQ+ rights, immigration, climate and democracy. 

“We’re thanking and supporting the people that have been protesting for generations,” local event organizer Cheryl Furman told the Outpost as she led the crowd of roughly 300 sign-wielding demonstrators down Fourth Street and into Old Town. “It’s also about recruiting more people because it looks like we might be doing this for quite a while.”

Many demonstrators carried signs with choice words for Trump, while others called for kindness and unity. Eureka resident Teri Dulaney held a sign that read “Make America Kind Again.”

“Hate is overtaking our country and our citizens and it doesn’t feel good,” she told the Outpost. “It’s not good to hate. We used to be a kind, benevolent country and that seems to have gone away. … I think that the government needs to know we’re paying attention and that we’d be more than willing to work with them, but they can’t tread on us.”

Keep scrolling for more pictures of today’s rally.

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