Scrolling any news feed today feels like staring at an endless alarm: government-sanctioned kidnapping, threats of martial law in our streets and oligarchs siphoning public wealth at the expense of our most vulnerable citizens. Each story shows a country in crisis, yet the nonstop churn can numb us.

 

People are already standing up—at rallies, outside detention facilities, on courthouse steps. Still many feel isolated and powerless. We make signs, we call our representatives, but nothing seems to matter. So we are finding new ways to resist. Starting through Philadelphia’s 50501 network, teachers, baristas, veterans, parents, and students gathered online and around kitchen tables to decide what more to do. From these conversations grew the We Are America March, a 14-day walk from Independence Hall to the U.S. Capital, September 6-19, 2025. 

 

Such pilgrimages can be found throughout US history. When the crisis is deep and vast, when people need to feel connected and find strength – 300 miles from Delano to Sacramento, the Longest Walk of 1978, those three heroic marches from Selma to Montgomery –  we unite and march. With every step, we take back our power and reclaim what it means to be American. When regular people act together, without violence, they move the country forward.

 

Over 400 patriots marched, with almost 50 marchers covering every mile of the 160-mile route, carrying a copy of the Constitution to hand directly to Congress. Anyone could join for a block, a day, or the whole way. At each stop along the march route, from yoga and singing in Delaware to a concert and camping in Cecil County, a flotilla in Havre de Grace – potlucks and potlucks and even more potlucks – we found a country united, resilient and yearning for connection and community. Each mile proved that brave Americans who value  education, equality, diversity, freedom of speech, science, bodily autonomy, plain old compassion and empathy – we are everywhere. We are strong. We are united. We Are America.