Count Crowds
Big protests fuel resistance by normalizing dissent and bringing new people to the movement. This is a primary reason for large, permitted protests, but in a nation as broad as the U.S. many can’t coalesce in big cities.
At the June 14th No Kings protests, we set records for peaceful turnout, but around 18% of protests went uncounted. Help report smaller protests so the numbers are accurate.
How to do it:
If you attend very large protests (Seattle, Boston, etc.) there will be professionals present to estimate participation. Alt. National Parks deploys trained staff for this purpose, and organizers will also release estimates. You can help by visiting the protest site and signing up. (If you’re carrying your phone at the protest, you’ve already decided being tracked by the regime is a risk you’re willing to take.)
If you attend small protests, you can report attendance directly to the Crowd Counting Consortium. They require a means of documentation. Options include public reports or on-site estimation systems. For very small protest, simply take a head count and report your method. For mid-sized protests, get involved with organizers and discuss options like handing out leaflets as a marker, or using a drone to get an overhead shot for later analysis : https://www.mapchecking.com/
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Alt National Parks is asking anyone who attended SMALL protests to please submit numbers. You do NOT have to be the organizer. If you got a solid sense of participation please submit your report to both groups. You don’t need an EXACT count, but don’t just guess wildly, as the goal is to have multiple reports converge, as validation. Outliers will be counter-productive.
