On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Virginia Senate Bill 739 went into effect in public schools across the state, removing the mask mandate for students. When word spread about the impending removal in late February, students at Alexandria City High School took it upon themselves to organize a demonstration during Lunch and Learn against the bill’s passage and what it means for the future of COVID-19 policy in Virginia. On social media, in the hallways, and around the city, multiple names were given to the event: a walk-out, a protest, a demonstration, civic obedience. To the organizers and attendees, however, it held much more weight than a Canva poster.
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The 2021 Women’s March
It has been almost 50 years after the famous Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade ruled it was a women's right to have an abortion, yet abortion rights are still a hot-button issue in American politics. The recent Women's March on October 2nd mirrored the 1973 protests that led up to Roe v. Wade's decision.