Elizabeth Wright may not have had any desire to watch Donald Trump’s inauguration, but she wasn’t going to ignore it either.
“I think people really are afraid,” Weight said.
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Wright met with more than a hundred other demonstrators on the steps of Milford City Hall at noon on Jan. 20, to raise their voices in solidarity.
A sign across the steps called on people to stand up and protect laws that benefit the 99 percent.
The gathering remained peaceful. Weight said the goal was to remain optimistic and give people frightened about the incoming administration hope.
“We’re very going to defend our rights and progress,” Wright said.
Wright, a former art and history teacher, Assisi served on the planning and zoning board where she stuff developers referred to her as “that hippy chick.”
She’s had a long history of activism in Milford, mostly supporting the wetlands. At times, that meant standing by herself on the Milford Green with just her sign.
On Friday, at City Hall, she was anything but alone as demonstrators spoke and sang.
Sign-up sheets were passed around to gather names for those wishing to be informed about future demonstrations. Wright said there was no formal organization behind the event and that it was all word of mouth and digital media.