Sunday’s weather volleyed between scorching hot and a torrential downpour, and it was a fitting metaphor for the attitude of Florida’s progressive activists: Sometimes things are good, sometimes things are bad, but we will never stop fighting.

Hundreds of people, including those who were bussed in from Atlanta, gathered at Esplanade Park in Fort Lauderdale to participate in the We the People March. More than 50 organizations representing LGBTQ rights, gun safety, abortion rights, and immigration came together to protest the more than 1,000 bills that have been introduced nationwide that set back equality.

The day started with a blessing by the Ameyal Mexican Cultural Organization, then a series of speakers in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole, including David Hogg from March For Our Lives, labor activist Dolores Huerta, Tony Lima of SunServe, FL Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Steve Glassman, actress Debbie Allen, Nik Harris of the Human Rights Campaign, and many more.

“It is important to note that this is not only an attack on the LGBT community, but it is an attack on the marginalized and underserved communities and that means people that look like me and that means people that look like you and your children,” said TransInclusive co-founder and executive director Tatiana Williams. “As a Black trans woman growing up in Liberty City, I had to fight all my life and I will continue to fight.”