Hello All, Solidarity from California!! I am an Associate Professor at Palomar College. I work full-time from home because I am too disabled to work on campus. I teach my classes online. I have sent two pictures of myself. One is a selfie, the other image is a sculpture of mine that was created out…

I am joining the march because I have multiple chronic illnesses. My rheumatologist was hesitant to diagnose me with Ankylosing Spondylitis at 16 because she knew the problems I would run into with insurance due to pre-existing conditions. However, if she didn’t, I wouldn’t have access to the medication that my body needed to slow…

I’m a disabled, queer, poor, woman-type person who is a first generation American. My father didn’t speak a word of English when he arrived here but he always instilled in me that America was a land of opportunity, of a better life, and that democracy and government participation was the highest civic duty anyone could…

I want to say that I lent my voice against the man in the White House with zero intellectual curiosity or care for anyone who doesn’t support him 100% as he enters office. A man whose voice gives me anxiety migraines. Who believes, along with far too many of my fellow countrymen, that my autism…

    Normally I am very fortunate to be in good health, but I am recovering from pneumonia and the flu. Although not chronic health challenges, they are very real challenges that many face and will prevent me from marching as I had hoped in the LA Women’s March. I also feel very connected to the…

I’m a two-time cancer survivor. I suffer pain, a blown immune system, and mobility issues. It isn’t easy sitting this out. I’ve been in every demonstration I could get to, beginning in the 60s with Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Vietnam, Nixon. My last attempt was the day after 9/11 when I limped my way through DC demonstrating…

I am an American living in London and I am award winning jewellery designer. I have had Rheumatoid Arthritis since I was 18-months-old. I have undergone 7 joint replacement surgeries including 4 hips, two knees, and an ankle so my mobility is compromised and I’m unable to march. I believe the success of a nation…

  I was diagnosed with MS in 2000. The first several years of my illness involved dealing with my illness, and the side effects of treatment, and also always having to do end-runs around insurance limitations that made it very difficult to follow my neurologist’s medical advice. I would find a treatment I could tolerate…

I am severely disable with osteoarthritis. I have had two knee replacements, one hip replacement, two thumb reconstructions (hence the cast in the photo), and major back surgery. The back surgery failed and, as a result, I cannot stand for more than ten minutes and I cannot walk more than three blocks. But I am…