Trump protesters resounding there message :no national mandate

They come in all ages and walks of life, unflinching and determined to be heard.Mothers

with young children, hoping to impart an up-close lesson in history. Animated college students stretching their political vocal cords for the first time. Aging Baby Boomers who haven't toted a protest sign since their anti-war days in the 1970s.A group of students demonstrate outside the White House in opposition of President-elect Donald ...moreJose Luis Magana, APStreet demonstrations that started as a release of anger, frustration and disbelief after Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded to Republican Donald Trump have mushroomed into a rolling movement that has engulfed the country for four days and counting.From New York to Miami to Olympia, Wash., to Iowa City, the election results have touched a nerve. Shouts of "Dump Trump"  and "Not My President"  are the battle cry punctuating gatherings along Fifth Avenue, outside the White House and in front of small-town city halls.Most have been peaceful; a few have teetered toward violence; many have been emotional.While most protesters acknowledge they can't change Tuesday's vote, they want to stand in deafening opposition to a candidate who disparaged women, gays, immigrants and other segments of society.Political action group MoveOn.org was one of the first to issue a call to action early Wednesday."We were sort of reeling" Tuesday night  in the raw hours as Trump's victory became evident, Ben Wikler, Washington director for MoveOn, told USA TODAY on Saturday. "Our idea was for people in common to show each other they weren't alone. There were people out there who would fight with them."MoveOn urged Americans to gather peacefully to "take a continued stand against misogyny, racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia." Within hours, about 275 protests and vigils had been organized nationwide Wednesday, Wikler said. "There was an enormous outpouring of spontaneous energy and concern."Wikler said one of MoveOn's biggest goals with protests is to "show there is not a national mandate" of support for the policies of Trump. "Members of Congress should have no illusions."He said he was not surprised by the rush to the streets in the first 24 hours. "People feel abandoned now," he said.Yong Jung Cho, 26, who organized a candlelight vigil in front of the White House on Wednesday night, said about 2,000 people showed up. "Together, we sang, we cried and we marched" to Trump's hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. "In this moment, the protests are showing the people, the country and the world that we are here for each other."Other protests have sprouted up through social media. More than a dozen Facebook protest groups organized in the past few days, one even soliciting members worldwide.The demonstrations have not been "premeditated,"  said Kari Winter, a University at Buffalo professor of American studies who has researched protest movements."The election results took almost everyone by surprise," Winter said. "The protests have erupted out of the shock and rage of people who suddenly feel disinherited and homeless."The right to protest, the core of the First Amendment, is a basic American value. Throughout history, protest movements have led to shifts in the U.S. landscape. Strikes at small factories in the 1930s blossomed into labor protests nationwide that resulted in workplace practices and protections still in place today.Even though the Supreme Court ruled segregation unconstitutional in 1954, it took sit-ins and demonstrations to finally enact real change, most notably the 1963 March on Washington.The anti-war movement of the late 1960s and '70s raged through campus sit-ins, strikes and protests, raising social awareness and influencing the course of the Vietnam conflict.In recent times, there have been mixed reviews on whether protest movements such as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter have been a success. Winter said social media platforms play such a significant role in protests today that the dynamic has changed from years past. But there are similarities.