Where I come from, the summer months are two things: hot and humid. However, as I stepped outside one July afternoon in Hyde Park, I was surprised to feel neither of these sensations my body has become accustomed to in the Missouri summers. Instead, I felt cold and could feel rain starting to drizzle as me and fellow intern Bianca boarded the 15 bus to the Garfield green line station. We were headed to a protest and rally in downtown Chicago, hosted by ICIRR, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. While Bianca seemed rather unphased as we entered the throngs of people that surrounded the Thompson Center on Randolph street once we arrived, I was utterly amazed. I have been to one protest before back in St. Louis, the Women’s March (that also took place all around the country) in January of 2017. At the time, I was […]