I have had multiple sclerosis for 32 years and can no longer march, but I’m still an activist. I’m a long-time feminist and a lesbian, and have been an activist for women, for reproductive justice, for people with disabilities and for LGBT issues for decades. I’m heartened by the amazing support for the Marches all…
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Maggie Orr
I’m joining the March because I am so frightened about the incoming administration for so many reasons: as a woman, as a person with a disability, as a nurse who spent years working with underserved immigrant communities and then later with patients with complex, multi-organ system disease who often struggle to get the care they…
Kathleen Murphy
My name is Kathleen Murphy. I support women’s rights and oppose Donald Trump as president. I am a 61 year old retired woman with bipolar illness.
Andrea Eckels
My daughters and I are joining the march as a way to rebel against people who hate. We all have chronic illnesses with invisible disabilities. This new administration is threatening us with losing our healthcare, our rights to our bodies and the ability to speak for ourselves and decide our futures. All because we don’t…
Carol
I’m tired of hearing able-bodied people argue about whether or not we deserve healthcare, autonomy, or even our lives. We need our voices to be heard and respected. I was a very active child, despite the minor chronic pain issues I began experiencing in my teen years. The later deterioration of my health caused me…
Elizabeth Robertson
Important issues to me are Planned Parenthood, support for UN population program, dignity of women, climate change and keeping a healthy environment, inequality of wealth, government debt and fair taxation. I think Donald Trump is an embarrassment and a danger to our nation. I believe him to be mentally unhealthy. 82 Years old. Once an…
Amber Dae Ingalls
My name is Amber. As a twenty-four year old bisexual single mother with fibromyalgia, anxiety, ADHD, and depressive-bipolar I need to help stand for a better future for myself and for my daughter. I have a 2.5 year old daughter, Aubrey. I am a stay at home mother.
Ginger Storts
I am joining the Disability March because I do not have the stamina to participate in the Women’s March due to lupus . I do not believe Trump is our legitimate president as our election was interfered with by Russia. If this had happened in another nation that we were trying to help achieve democracy…
Amy Blanchard
I’m joining the disability march because, as a woman with Spina Bifida who wears short leg braces and has the ability to walk but not the ability to walk without discomfort after just a short time, I still want to be a part of this important movement and feel badly that I can’t physically do…