What the #Resistance Taught Me

Yes, it could feel performative. But protest during the Trump years provided me with the civic training to undo the damage.

Demonstrators attend the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017. Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty Images

Four years ago, I packed a small bag and prepared to captain a charter bus from my home in Ohio to Washington, D.C., for the Women’s March. I don’t knit and didn’t have one of the pink hats that so many…