Photo: Black haired woman with big pink flower in her hair holding a hologram paper heart. Why I am joining the March: The reason why I want to be a part of this march is many-fold. I am marching for my friends and family who are women, people of color, friends in the LGBT community,…
Author: Cayce
Eliza Riley
I am marching with my mother, sister, aunt and fellow Mills graduates. I am marching to ensure my fellow people with diseases do not go unheard. We have been ignored far too long, it is my biggest fear that genocide and the ugly laws will happen all over again. I am marching for my niece…
Wendy
Picture description: A smiling woman with shoulder-length blond hair and glasses kneeling outside and holding a plant. I’m marching as someone concerned about respect for disabled people and the future of healthcare. I have an invisible disability and it’s frustrating to see the lack of support or consideration of disabled people in many spaces, although…
Daniel
Reflecting and fighting demons with the help of angels. I am joining the march because every voice counts, whether digitally or physically. The more that we unite and think in terms of “universal” instead of “individual”, the more that we direct ourselves towards reconciliation and compassion. It is time for fraternity and the end of…
Soraya Jenkins Smith
The photo is of a bride with red hair taking her vows. My name is Soraya Jenkins Smith. I want to march because I am a woman, I am disabled, and I am a first generation American on my mother’s side. She is from Iran. I have experienced discrimination in many forms. I am a…
Efimia (Mia) Platanitis
Standing up for the rights and access of each and every person who deserves them.
Denise Rieck
My name is Denise Rieck and I am attending the disability march because I cannot be there in person to stand in protest of Donald Trump and his cabinet choices and to stand up for what’s right and to keep moving forward. I am an artist and I have attached my artwork as my photograph….