Depending on who you ask, between a quarter of a million people to half a million people, overwhelmingly Latinos, went to the National Mall this past Sunday in support of immigration reform in what was called the March for America.

I was there repping VivirLatino with my official media cred, pero do not expect this to be a post about who said what, because I promise you that nothing new was said. That is not a criticism of the organizers, Reform Immigration for America, who were in part responsible for my being there, but rather a larger criticism of this wing of the “movement”. I was more interested in seeing who were the people who were attending the march and why. What were their messages? Were those messages in line with what the organizers and speakers were saying? Y when all is said and done, que? Does everyone pack their signs and “si se puede” and wait for another meaningless deadline to pass?

Pero first fotos to be followed by three separate posts analyzing the events of the day from three perspectives.

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Mil gracias to the RI4A campaign, America’s Voice, y NCLR whose hardworking team support even though they know their orgs will get called to task by me. We each have our roles to play in the wider struggles. Respect. I especially want to thank Rachel LaBruyere, Jackie Mahendra, and Paco Fabian. Special shout out to the post event margaritas.