Safe Passage executive director Mary Ellen Schaid holds a sign after speaking to a crowd that gathered at 9 a.m. to advocate for women's rights on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, near the DeKalb County Courthouse in downtown Sycamore. The local rally was held on the same day as the national women's march organized in Washington, D.C. days before Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration. (Camden Lazenby)