I am a Multiple Sclerosis warrior and a full-time mom of two in Missouri.
Author: Sheila Squillante
Carol McNelley
This March is so important. We cannot go backwards in the rights of women and minorities. I wish I could be there. I have many disabilities which keep me from being in DC or locally. Blessings to all the women warriors!
Catharine Clarenbach
I rise for instersectional justice, freedom, and equity for ALL. I cannot walk in the march where I live (Portland, OR) and I certainly cannot get to Washington, DC. Nonetheless, I am a queer, fat, disabled, white, ciswoman, femme minister and priestess who works for justice. I want my resonant voice to be heard in…
Mary Ann
I would like to join the disability march because I am rather old, have breathing and endurance problems and cannot physically make the march. My daughters will be marching in Denver and certainly I wish I could be there. I almost sent you a photo of me with my cousin from 1966 at an antiwar…
Megan
Both of my children are diagnosed with autism, and with the repeal of ACA they could lose their therapy protection. Also my mother is on Medicaid and when that is gutted, will lose her doctor, her blood pressure meds, and subsequently her life. I can’t be there in person because my son is struggling…
Katie L
As a female scientist with a disability, I feel I HAVE to do something. The way the president-elect talks about and treats women and minorities is abominable. The fact that a bully who is so out of touch with what it means to be a decent human being is taking office devastates me. His…
Anne Gunn
I thought my days of protest ended years ago. I protested against the Viet Nam War and racial injustice. I protested for Voting Rights, among others. Today, I no longer have the physical stamina to protest against the direction our country is heading under the questionable leadership of Donald J. Trump. We have a duty,…
Kathy
I have post polio syndrome, I cannot support the future leader of my country who openly mocks the disabled and who will take health coverage from our most vulnerable. Not My President.