War Protest!

Saturday I went to an Iraq War protest. Tens of thousands of people met at the White House and marched to the Capital and I was right in the middle of it, it was amazing. There were so many people there; people of all ages, races, and nationalities all promoting one cause, to bring our troops home. It was so empowering. In the beginning I just went to see it all but then by the end I was chanting and wishing I had a sign to hold up also. There were helicopters all over the place and so many police officers. There were anti-protesters who chanted USA and held up signs to bring our troops home and saying that we were the terrorists. I loved it because they just didn't understand why we were there and thought we were such a disgrace. It was so awesome to be there, to know what it feels like to be actually doing something to try and achieve change. I'm so happy I went instead of going to my conference for class because I'll attend conferences all of my life but I'll probably never get another chance to be in a war protest.

The conference, however, was pretty boring. Speech after speech telling everyone that we have to curb emissions (like we didn't already know that). There were a couple of good ones and I learned a lot of interesting facts but all it did was make me scared of what my life and my children's lives will be like. However, it did make me excited because in order to stop the polar ice from melting which will really mess up our planet we need to cut CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050, which means that really in my life time, I will be at the front of it all and doing it myself with my fellow peers.