“I think people who agree with Donald Trump have repeatedly made the case that he should be able to say whatever he wants to say, it's time someone did that. But as we go and speak to the kids, the young people who are reading March, we see the fear, we hear them tell us how scared they are.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldMadeKidsAbleYoungReadingSpeakCasesTrumpAgreeScaredMarch Author:Andrew Aydin
“My father was a Muslim immigrant; when Donald Trump started talking about banning Muslim immigrants from this country, I grew my beard out. My mother hated it. She never wanted me to look particularly "Muslim." She thought if I grew my beard out that people would know, right? "Don't make it hard for yourself. Don't let people know."” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksCountryHardWantedMotherFatherTalkingGrewTrumpHatedImmigrantsBeard Author:Andrew Aydin
“For me, it was a mission on the hill to sensitize people, because they don't know Muslim immigrants. And for the most part, a lot of us just keep our heads down. But if I can engage someone in conversation, someone who maybe does support Donald Trump, or at least isn't speaking out against him, and I can show him the fear that I have, then maybe I can turn that tide.” PeopleIfsKnowsDoeI CanShowsTurnsSupportTrumpConversationMissionsHillsImmigrantsTidesSpeaking Out Author:Andrew Aydin
“What crystallized the importance of speaking out like that - of making nonviolence not just a tool or a tactic, but a way of life - was in San Diego [at Comic-Con]. One of the young girls who marched with us was wearing a hijab, and she came up to me afterward because I talked about my beard, and I talked about why I was doing it, and she came up and she gave me a hug, and she was crying. And she said, "Thank you. You have no idea how the other students treat me because they're shown that this is OK by Donald Trump. Thank you for speaking out."” WaySaidIdeasYoungGirlCryStudentsTrumpToolsTreatsImportanceComicNo IdeaNonviolenceHugTacticsBeardSpeaking OutSan DiegoComic ConHijab Author:Andrew Aydin
