I am joining the March because my invisible disability prevents me from physically marching. I believe that civil rights for all are being endangered. I am disturbed by the racial violence happening in our country. I am concerned for the rights of women and LGBTQA people.
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Xandra Coe
I will be there in spirit, but I’m not able to physically. Thanks for setting this up to provide another venue for participation.
Susan Elizabeth Spann
I want to march because disabled women with pre-existing conditions should not have to worry about not having proper access to healthcare they need. I march for my mom who is a woman veteran too and also disabled.
Anna EldenBrady
My family depends on the Medicaid expansion and CHIP to cover two disabled adults and a special needs child (in adition to our child without special needs). Of all the many reasons I have for marching, this is the most urgent. Functioning in society requires medications and specialist visits we cannot otherwise afford.
Samuel Smith
Why I Am Joining The March : I am a 41 year old disabled man, a husband and a father to 3 kids. I was injured at work 4 years ago and am now a stay at home Dad. I am on Social Security and Medicare. My children receive Child Health Plus through the state….
Gretchen Littlefield
Why I Am Joining The March : I am a middle aged women, who has special abilities and work with people who have Intellectual Disabilities and have all different abilities, as well. While I want to March with and for Women, I also want to march for children’s education, special education, people with disabilities and…
Michele Hill
Why I Am Joining The March : I am no less of a person because I am a woman or because I have pre-existing conditions. Progress in this country has come too far to roll back the clock. While I physically cannot march in person, I am joining the millions around the country virtually, in…
Katie Werling
Why I Am Joining The March : I’m joining the march because there are people who are legitimately terrified for their safety and well being. Who will go to sleep tonight wondering if their dream is over. I’m a woman, a writer, a member of the LGBTQ community, someone with depression, ADD, anxiety disorder, someone…
Group of 10 marchers
Kathy Conley: Why I Am Joining The March : At 71 I have seen the progress our country has made in the treatment of all people but we have so far to go. It breaks my heart to see innocent people degraded and made fun of because the new president does it. What are we teaching…