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Visual Aid: The Second, More Intimate Not Our Last Call Rally

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 6 a.m.

Lauren Cusimano While the second rally had fewer gatherers, participants chanted more intimately at the west-facing entrance to the tower. 1/40

Lauren Cusimano Gathering at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza before the second tally. 2/40

Lauren Cusimano Assembling before the rally. 3/40

Lauren Cusimano Moving toward the Capitol. 4/40

Lauren Cusimano Marchers approaching the Capitol. 5/40

Lauren Cusimano Starting the second rally. 6/40

Lauren Cusimano The banners were back. 7/40

Lauren Cusimano The start of the second rally. 8/40

Lauren Cusimano Gearing up to march. 9/40

Lauren Cusimano Second time facing the Capitol. 10/40

Lauren Cusimano Gathering at the Capitol. 11/40

Lauren Cusimano The march began around 10 a.m. 12/40

Lauren Cusimano Moving toward the back. 13/40

Lauren Cusimano A line of rally goers. 14/40

Lauren Cusimano Circling the State Capitol Executive Tower. 15/40

Lauren Cusimano Circling the State Capitol Executive Tower. 16/40

Lauren Cusimano Hooper's in the house. 17/40

Lauren Cusimano Gathering at the west-facing entrance. 18/40

Lauren Cusimano Rally goers at the west-facing entrance. 19/40

Lauren Cusimano A few participants entered the tower to visit Governor Ducey's office. 20/40

Lauren Cusimano Signs were back. 21/40

Lauren Cusimano Bartender Tyler Lofton with Kobalt. 22/40

Lauren Cusimano An intimate gathering at the State Capitol Executive Tower. 23/40

Lauren Cusimano Chanting at the west entrance. 24/40

Lauren Cusimano Moving back toward the east-facing entrance. 25/40

Lauren Cusimano Reassembling at the Capitol. 26/40

Lauren Cusimano Short and simple. 27/40

Lauren Cusimano Chanting and marching toward the Arizona Department of Health Services. 28/40

Lauren Cusimano Continuing the march to the Arizona Department of Health Services. 29/40

Lauren Cusimano Moving out. 30/40

Lauren Cusimano Moving toward the Arizona Department of Health Services. 31/40

Lauren Cusimano Approaching the Arizona Department of Health Services. 32/40

Lauren Cusimano Signs back out at the Arizona Department of Health Services. 33/40

Lauren Cusimano At the Arizona Department of Health Services. 34/40

Lauren Cusimano Getting loud at the Arizona Department of Health Services. 35/40

Lauren Cusimano Rally-goers spent about 10 minutes at the Arizona Department of Health Services. 36/40

Lauren Cusimano Heading back toward the Capitol. 37/40

Lauren Cusimano During the march. 38/40

Lauren Cusimano Stopping traffic. 39/40

Lauren Cusimano One last pose. 40/40

Visual Aid: The Second, More Intimate Not Our Last Call Rally

On Tuesday, August 25, roughly 75 people attended the second Not Our Last Call Rally at the Arizona State Capitol. The protest — a follow-up event to last Thursday's initial rally — began around 9:30 a.m., circled the State Capitol Executive Tower, and proceeded to the Arizona Department of Health Services. The march lasted until after 11 a.m.

Members of the bar industry were there to protest Governor Doug Ducey's executive order that has closed businesses carrying series 6 or series 7 liquor licenses (more on that here).

Kobalt, a gay bar in Park Central, had two members in attendance. Bartender Tyler Lofton, who's been with Kobalt since 2018, says the bar has removed two-thirds of its seating, installed open garage doors, and applied to reopen — but still with no response from the state. "I'm tired of this, and broke," Lofton said.

While the second rally had fewer gatherers, it was in many ways more intimate. Protesters chanted together at the west-facing entrance to the Capitol tower. A few in the crowd entered the building to visit Governor Ducey's office. He wasn't there.

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