Beth Petricoin: I really wanted to go to D.C. today for the march, but my husband has some health issues and he feels uncomfortable being alone for too long. I suggested to him that I might join the local march in the city nearest our Pennsylvania home, but even that 3 hour time of being alone…
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Wanda Hubicki
I am joining the disability march because I wish I were able to join the March in Washington or even the March in my hometown of Charlotte, NC. I walk with two canes because of arthritis in my knees and can only walk very short distances. Since Trump’s outrageous campaign comments about women and the disabled, I’ve…
Emily
I march because we need to make this country a safer place for minorities not a more dangerous one. Our society should not be one of fear, exclusion, hatred or oppression. It is our job as humans to speak out against oppression and to resist it. I march for all of the women, people of…
Justyna
I don’t simply feel a desire to join this important movement of women, I feel compelled. The inauguration and the campaign before it, has promoted such vitriol and hate. Not all of it from the person elected. Some of it comes from the people you’d think know us, and feel our pain better than anyone….
Group of 5 Marchers
Jo: I am a native of NH who moved to Florida for retirement. I was a teacher for 39 years. Now that I have retired I am also sick and wheelchair bound. I fear what a Trump administration will do, especially looking at the people he is surrounding himself with. I do not trust that we…
Jessica Dana
I am joining this march because I stand against everything that Donald Trump has said and done. Mocking people with disabilities hurt me to my core, because I have been disabled since birth; being left to be made fun of for being different, or not good enough. My mom worked a lot when I was a…
kalilah c.m.
I have a chronic pain condition that is exacerbated by social injustice. I sit in solidarity (propped by pillows and swathed in blankets) with other disabled femmes who fight for intersectional justice in a movement that is all too willing to ignore us. Our love will conquer. Website: http://kalilahcm.com
Group of 10 Marchers
Vanessa Stewart: I have severe epilepsy and just had VNS surgery last week or I’d be there not even caring if I had a seizure. My healthcare is life or death for me. I’ve almost died 4 times during ER visits and once seizing while swimming. We can’t let this monster kill innocent people. Let’s keep…
Amanda Stewart
I spent 25 years of my life being silenced by men. I won’t let it happen again.
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