Nico Wilkinson, who identifies with they and them pronouns, shares personal poems in honor of the National Day of Silence at City Hall in Colorado Springs on Friday, April 23, 2021. The National Day of Silence is a national student-led demonstration. The National Day of Silence is an annual national student-led demonstration. Every April LGBTQ students and allies use silence to protest harassment and discrimination that LGBTQ people in schools experience. Inside Out Youth Services and the Pikes Peak Safe at Schools Coalition hosted the peaceful demonstration where people made signs, created a community poem and shared personal poems and experiences by breaking the silence.