How the #Mar21 Rally Started
Dozens of buses and hundreds (could be thousands) of people don't just appear at the Nevada Legislature. Some are saying it could be the largest crowd to ever assemble at the Legislature. Here's how it came together (via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube & NV media sites):
- Event planning gets underway and a hashtag is invented:
- A few days later, the (UNLV & UNR) Facebooks pages are up:
Rally to Fight the Budget CutsFight for Nevada education! Transportation from campus will leave at 8:45 am from in front of the Joe. The rally in Carson City starts at 10:00 am. There is enough space on the busses for up to 500 students reserve your seat here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6WRWDLP For more information contact Matt Smith at matthews@unr.edu or Casey Stiteler at directorlegaffairs@asun.unr.edu- Media coverage begins:
- Upwards of one thousand students, faculty, education advocates reportedly coming to Carson City:
- Capitol Police seem to be readying themselves for a large crowd:
- Chancellor Dan Klaich writes an email and posts a new video about the importance of funding higher education in Nevada.He writes: On Monday, March 21, our students will be taking their message about saving education and delivering it squarely on the steps of our state capitol. I encourage you and your 437,000 best friends to add your voices to theirs.
- More media coverage:
High school, college students to protest state education cutsThe state's college students are fed up and they're not going to take it anymore.
