A movement to oppose the early actions of President Donald Trump鈥檚 administration is taking off online, with plans to protest across the U.S. on Wednesday.
The movement has organized under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501, which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day. Many of the protests are planned at state capitols, with some in other cities.
The movement has websites and accounts across social media. Flyers circulating online decry , a hard-right playbook for American government and society, and include messages such as 鈥渞eject fascism鈥 and 鈥渄efend our democracy.鈥 In a coffee shop just a block from Michigan鈥檚 Capitol, organizers of a planned action there Wednesday pushed together tables, spreading out poster boards to write messages that read 鈥淣o Deportations Ever!鈥 and 鈥淲orkers Unite!鈥
Kelsey Brianne, a key organizer of Michigan鈥檚 rally, called it a 鈥渞eal grassroots effort.鈥 She learned about the movement Sunday night and has been coordinating speakers and safety protocols.
鈥淚 got involved because I knew that there was a need, and I knew what I could do,鈥 Brianne said Tuesday. 鈥淏ut also I want to look back at this time and say that I did something and I didn鈥檛 just sit back.鈥
Trump has signed a series of executive orders in the first of his new term on everything from trade and to . As Democrats in opposition to Trump鈥檚 agenda, protests have also begun.
On Sunday, thousands of people marched against Trump's plan for large-scale deportations in Southern California, including in downtown Los Angeles, where protests . ___ Associated Press writers Joey Cappelletti in Lansing, Michigan, and Gabriel Sandoval in Phoenix contributed to this report. Sandoval is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
