As someone with a toddler AND a chronic illness, protests aren't really practical for me. Some of this is how they are set up, and there's absolutely things that could be done to make them more welcoming/inclusive/accessible. But (and this may be controversial and get me cancelled but here I go anyway): maybe these events just aren't for…
As someone with a toddler AND a chronic illness, protests aren't really practical for me. Some of this is how they are set up, and there's absolutely things that could be done to make them more welcoming/inclusive/accessible. But (and this may be controversial and get me cancelled but here I go anyway): maybe these events just aren't for me? Some events and spaces can never been fully accessible and inclusive due to the nature of the event. And as someone else said, there's a risk of changing it so much it loses it's original meaning and purpose and becomes a carnival. As a teacher union rep I have done labor day marches and protests without a toddler, and it was honestly costly. I don't know if it would be possible in this life stage, and maybe that's okay?
As someone with a toddler AND a chronic illness, protests aren't really practical for me. Some of this is how they are set up, and there's absolutely things that could be done to make them more welcoming/inclusive/accessible. But (and this may be controversial and get me cancelled but here I go anyway): maybe these events just aren't for me? Some events and spaces can never been fully accessible and inclusive due to the nature of the event. And as someone else said, there's a risk of changing it so much it loses it's original meaning and purpose and becomes a carnival. As a teacher union rep I have done labor day marches and protests without a toddler, and it was honestly costly. I don't know if it would be possible in this life stage, and maybe that's okay?