On January 20th, 2017 Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America.

On January 21st, 2017 more than 3 million people expressed political, social and ideological dissent with the new administration in Women's Marches across the world.

Yesterday, protesters took to the streets of Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Berlin, London, Melbourne, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and even Antarctica in a historic display of solidarity and peaceful protest following Trump's inauguration. Nearly half a million protesters congregated in D.C. for the principal march, in swarms that vastly outnumbered the ceremony of the previous day while sister marches were held in every U.S. state and across the globe in every continent.

Reasons for the march were subjective to the attending protesters. Women's reproductive rights, Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ+ rights, and equal pay were just a few on the list of human rights issues attendees marched for. Regardless, the message of strength, unity and a promise of progression resonated in the hearts of everyone affected by this adulterated change in leadership.

So what now?

The march gave the people of the world a voice, a loud one at that, that screamed resilience and vigilance for the foreseeable future, but that's not all it did. Many marchers understood that peaceful protest and movements of solidarity are nothing without follow-up action. Active involvement in local and federal politics or support of threatened establishments (e.g. Planned Parenthood) are excellent ways to make sure that this march was not one to remember in the washed out pages of history.

The opposition Trump and his administration face is one that vows to protect the inalienable rights bestowed upon the people of the world by God.

This is what democracy looks like.

So let's get to work.