“United we stand, divided we fall.”

That is what students were chanting as they walked across campus in an “anti-ignorance” protest at approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday in response to election results from Tuesday, which declared Donald Trump the United States’ president elect.

“We need to do something,” senior Briana Mccall said. “I am a black woman, I have a mother who is a lesbian, I have friends who are immigrants. I am about to graduate from college and I am so happy, but knowing that I am going to go into a world where it may not be safe for me, my brother, my mother and everyone else, that is a problem and we need to fix that.”

According to Mccall, she decided to make a sign to take to the quad Wednesday in protest after her friend, senior Morgan Barcus, brought her to tears in a conversation about the aftermath of the election results.

“I felt like we needed to do something because I feel like everybody sits around and complains all day but nobody wants to do anything,” Mccall said. “Even if it was just me and him just standing here, it would have been something.

For some students, such as senior Daniela Rosario, the results of the election caused an emotional impact.

“I am just really upset,” Rosario said. “It is not so much about that [Trump] won, it is everything that he stands for and he won. The things that I faced on this campus, racist things since my freshman year and now people are going to think that it is okay. It is hard. It is really hard.”

As time went on, the group of protesters grew larger. Traveling from the main academic quad through the Shineman Science Center to Rich Hall and back to Cooper and Pathfinder dining hall. The protesters stopped in each lobby to share their fears, anger and sadness for the future of the community, leaving spectators in silence and others in applause.

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“Think of Muslims, Islamophobia and all of those other phobias that are elected into office,” Barcus said as he addressed students sitting in the Nucleus of Shineman Science Center. “How many of you are going to stay quiet, how many of you are going to remain complacent? It is our time to speak now.”

As the protesters continued into Rich Hall, they encouraged spectators to “join the conversation.”

Non-traditional student Paree Evans was studying in the Wall Street Market when the group of students entered the lobby and was the only one throughout the protest to address them. She believed that it was not about race but about the impact people make on the community.

“Trump is a businessman,” Evans said to the group of protestors. “I am willing to give him a chance so that if I can make some money to better myself and better others like me that are not looking for a hand out. Trump is a mouthpiece just like Obama was, so at the end of the day, it is going to be us. That’s why you have to vote locally. You can’t wait for it to get to the national point so they can make a difference. It is the people in our communities.”

The group of students thanked her and proceeded to head back toward the center of campus, holding signs that read:

“Your silence is a luxury. #blacklivesmatter,” “I love my blackness and yours #wematter,” “From segregation to mass incarceration, how much more can we take” and “We must stand for something #blacklivesmatter #immigrantsmatter #womensrightsmatter #LGBTQmatters.”

The peaceful protest ended around 2 p.m. but a post-election discussion continued at 8 p.m. later that day in the Marano Campus Center Room 201.