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As I marched through San Francisco with at least 8,000 (and <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Upkki9lu7vMjdtQ098m6tUsNIwva4ZHgrzkPKwLh1sI/edit#gid=280564403" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">possibly as many as 40,000</a>) other marchers on September 20th I found myself encouraged. California is known for its non-judgmental, laid-back attitudes and there would have been more people if the metro area of this size had been elsewhere. The march made three stops along their route: 1) <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/08/30/amazon-rainforest-fire-blackrock-jbs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BlackRock</a>; 2) <a href="https://www.dailynews.com/2019/08/30/utility-bailout-looks-worse-as-time-goes-by/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pacific Gas &amp; Electric</a>; and, 3) <a href="https://theintercept.com/2019/08/29/ice-solitary-mental-health-corecivic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</a>. I was carrying a small sign that said 'Stop Killing the Earth. There is No Planet B' along with a butterfly kite on top of a bamboo pole. That encouragement did not last long however