ANN ARBOR, MI - More than 1,000 people turned out at the Diag on the University of Michigan's campus for two post-election gatherings on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 9.

The first was an anti-Donald Trump rally that drew a few hundred students. The second gathering was organized to promote love, equality and discussion of the surprising outcome of the presidential election. That was attended by more than 1,000 people.

"It's the importance of this shared belief," said Nicole Khamis, a University of Michigan senior who helped organize the gathering. "I think that more so than anything, it's a sign that we are in disbelief and shock and before you get angry and mobilized you're upset. We are in this first stage of being upset."

Khamis is not part of any specific group, but she and others spoke for about an hour and listened to university President Mark Schlissel speak about the election and the state of the country.

"We don't know what the future is going to look like, but as of now we can hold each other and that's all we can do," said Khamis.

Lamees Mekkaoui, a senior at the University of Michigan and member of the Socialist Students Organization, put on the anti-Donald Trump rally which took place earlier in the evening.

"Obviously, a lot of people are upset about what happened with the election results that came in, we wanted to provide a more active form of protest, so people could share their feelings and provide points of action going forward," said Mekkaoui.

The Socialist Students Organization protest hosted faculty and student testimonials.

"I've gotten a lot of reports from my friends, especially my Muslim friends, about backlash they have gotten on campus," said Mekkaoui. "A lot of people are scared to leave their apartments or forms if they are in religious garments or if they are brown or black."