Group of 10 Marchers

Anonymous: I want to join the march to support all people with disabilities, especially mental health. After 15 years, at age 54, I have had my disability benefits cut. I have bipolar disorder and have been medically declared unable to work. Disability (SSDI) budgets will see even further cuts with the new administration. People need this…

Heather Kallinger

I have severe agoraphobia, and since November, it’s been much harder to fight and convince myself it’s safe to leave the house. But I believe with my whole being that women’s rights are human rights, and they are at risk from this new administration, especially women of color, trans women, disabled women and all marginalized…

Jennifer Grana

I am a LGBT woman with fibromyalgia and bipolar disorder. Donald Trump has said repeatedly that women like me are just ‘lazy’ or ‘crazy’. Mike Pence is incredibly, incredibly anti-LGBT rights. Between the two of them, I fear for my health, my safety, and my rights. I want to stand up and fight back.

Charlotte Ferrigno-Whitaker

As a milenial with muscular dystrophy I have been able to benefit from the years of fighting by those before me for people with disabilities. As a woman, I have been able to benefit from the years of fighting by those before me for women’s rights. And as an American, I have been able to…

Patricia Johnson

We have truly failed as a society for allowing such a horrible person to become the leader of our country and to allow politicians who just don’t care about women to gain the majority vote in the Congress and Senate! I served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War; my first husband died from…

Mary-Anne

I march to show solidarity with the Women’s March in DC and around the world, but am unable to participate in person due to mobility challenges. I am 67 years of age, the mother of three, grandmother of one. I am an author, poet, artist, and a die-hard 1960s hippie.

Lucia

I am a retired professor of History and Education.  I have had a special commitment to teaching young women and women’s history since the 1970s and see so very much that needs to be done by and for women (and all Americans) that I wish I could join you.  Particularly, politically I would like to…

Matt

I am joining the disability March because I have multiple sclerosis. I will not be tossed aside by an elitist society. I am a former double board-certified registered nurse. Unfortunately, I had to go on to social Security disability, Medicare, and medical assistance due to my multiple sclerosis. I will not see my rights or…

Hannah F.

I march because my family has been the target for hate for generations. My father’s family is Shoshone, many of them are currently at the DAPL site fighting for the right to clean water. My mother’s family is Jewish, my great-grandmother was part of the diaspora. My older sister is black, my younger sister is…