I have chronic aphasia and hemiplegia due to a stroke 16 years ago.  I can’t march, although I would love to.  I am scared about the future.  I want to be heard with other people who support LGBT freedoms.  I want women to have the right to choose birth control without governmental restraints.  I love …

I want to join you because my daughter-in-law offered to take me in a wheelchair to the March on Washington.  I was just thrilled.  Then we found out that the strict regulations for the bus ride would eliminate me because my portable concentrator could be mistaken for a bomb.  LOL, we decided that we just…

I am a writer and teacher in Houston, Texas. For more about my work, see lesliecschwartz.com. The picture included of me shows me on a day when my legs were not functioning that well and I was using a cane. I have an autoimmune disease that affects my nervous system and can make mobility a…

I am deeply concerned for the health and safety of everyone in this country, indeed, this world, who is not rich, white, upper class, Christian, straight, cis, born American, able-bodied, and male. The more of those things one is not, the more worried I am. This is the time for resistance to power, using whatever…

I’m joining the disability march because a chronic medical condition makes it impossible for me to stand for more than 3 or 4 minutes or sit for more than an hour. I can’t comfortably ride in a car or bus or plane, and I can’t march anywhere! My husband and I (in our 70s) are…

Because of sensory overload a big march is not a comfortable thing to do. A virtual march was a better fit. Also I want to support people like myself and march with them. Bea is an 8 year old who is an activist, artist, autistic and hyperlexic.

I badly wanted to march in DC in solidarity with all of my sisters and our allies.  Unfortunately, I have severe pulmonary hypertension and receive life-sustaining medication 24/7 from an infusion pump.  Even if I could tolerate the physical demand, the risk of being unable to access my medication in the event that I was…

I march because I believe taking a stand for women’s rights is a stand for human rights. I believe in a fundamental respect for all life. I want to see a society with more compassion for each other, and more appreciation for our different paths. The new administration is the opposite of this. I will…

I have fibromyalgia, which among other things makes it difficult for me to walk or stand for long periods, so unfortunately I won’t be able to join all the amazing people attending the Women’s March in person.  Having this venue to join those marchers in solidarity means a great deal to me. No matter what…