Participants of March in March started their stroll to the Capitol at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 5 at Southside Park in Sacramento to protect higher public education.
Students, parents, activists and supporters came from various locations in California such as San Francisco, Turlock, Pasadena etc.
“The principle behind the protest is solid but I’m not sure how effective it is,” Mitch Miller (junior, Communication Studies) said.
The rays of the sun reflected off the picket-signs that participants held while marching. Some signs stated “three cents makes sense, tax the rich,” while others said “fund schools not jails,” and “cut our classes we’ll cut our wrists” to name a few.
Marchers surrounded and covered the steps of the Capitol. The participants responded to the speakers by yelling and chanting while the inverted American flag carried by a marcher was floating in the air taped with “education in distress.”
For some participants the march started 0.94 miles from the Capitol, while others walked from Richmond, California.
“I came with a group from San Francisco…we took the van over to meet up with folks from Richmond and started from there,” Kate Hegé, public interest lawyer, said.
Some marchers brought their sleeping bags to stay overnight in Sacramento and others left the Capitol after the last speaker spoke.
Booths were arrayed along the stairs leading up to the Capitol Building where the participants gathered after the march.  
One of the booths represented the Revolutionary Communist Party and another the Millionaire Tax campaign.  
“We’re supporting the students, we need all the support from the state” Maximo Rivera, a Millionaire Tax campaign supporter said. “If they [millionaires] pay taxes that’s going to help all the communities, but they are so selfish they don’t want to share anything.
Three pillars in the shape of plastic pencils were stationed at the foot of the Capitol. On these three yellow pencils the words “tax the rich to teach the children” were printed.
“When I applied for law school at UC Hastings in 2002 tuition was $11,000, now it’s $50,000,” Hegé said. “Students are graduating with over $200,000 in debt.”