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You believed in this protest before, but Rana's words have helped remind you why it really matters. Any doubts you might have had about what you're doing dissolve away as you clap along with the others, ready to put things into action.

After a minute or so, everything quiets down, and Rana raises her hands.

"Thanks, guys. I'll shut up now. Anyway—shall we get started?"

It's not always fast work, but with Rana overseeing everything, the protest site gets slowly and surely put together. First the table gets put up; then, one by one, the boxes are opened and their contents piled up wherever they might be needed.

Soon there are stacks of flyers on the table, as well as a large dish full of buttons. Next to those are a couple of clipboards, and Rana is filling them with blank pages ready to be filled with names for her petition.

Then lying on the sidewalk is a neat stack of cardboard, rolls of tape, and a box full of markers, all ready to make signs out of. A few people are already getting to working making signs, while others still are putting up posters on the wall behind the table.

You know you might as well not be here at all if you're not going to find something to do. In order to stay productive, you decide that you're going to do your best to: