Keeping the March Alive - How Grassroots Activism Survived Trump's America

How activist groups across the country adapted their strategies and tactics to their local contexts to keep the protests alive
On January 21, 2017, the day after Trump''s inauguration, feminist activists and allies across many progressive movements assembled across the United States to express their displeasure with the new President and his agenda. These marches were unprecedented in size, bringing together as many as 5.3 million Americans, with at least 408 protests in cities and towns across the country. These protests were large and dramatic, and had an outsized impact. But, they do not tell the whole story of this wave of contention.
Keeping the March Alive follows thirty-five progressive groups founded after the Women-s March across ten cities from Amarillo and Atlanta to Pasadena and Pittsburgh to tell the whole story of how some social movement organizations survive and thrive while others falter. Catherine Corrigall-Brown explains how activists navig