Why I Am Joining The March : I am Autistic and proud, and I also have Type 1 Diabetes. I will not simply stand by and watch as people with disabilities, women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, religious minorities, or any other vulnerable community get abused and have their rights stripped away by an…
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Akua
I advocate for human rights, justice, equality, parity, environmental responsibility, fair treatment and paratransit. I thank this who are physically able to be there and speak the truth to power, and proclaim that WE, The People, are for the people in all our ages, stages, appearances and capabilities. I am a paraplegic, stricken by idiopathic…
Ruiha Shen
Why I Am Joining The March : I am a feminist scholar and woman of color. I oppose any violence against women.
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Danna Chambers McMath:Why I Am Joining The March : As a 63 disabled senior lady, a lifelong activist for civil rights, especially for women’s right, I wanted some way to join in the mobilization of our First Amendment duties to protest an illegal government. As a country, we are the victims of foreign and domestic…
Athena Wu
Why I Am Joining The March : I grew up being told that anything is possible. It looks now like nothing is possible. I’m frustrated that I’m fighting for things I thought we had already achieved. As a historian I’m convinced we’re back a hundred years. I don’t want to live in this kind of…
Tamara
Website: http://wherestamara.wordpress.comWhy I Am Joining The March : Justice is not truly justice until all are treated with justice.Freedom is not truly freedom until all are free.Liberty is not truly liberty until all have liberty.
NinagComedian
Website: http://ninagcomedian.wordpress.comWhy I Am Joining The March : Why am I marching?! Did you see the DeVos hearings?!!
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Chloe: Why I Am Joining The March : I have a disability myself, and I would love to give my support. Roni Feldman: Why I Am Joining The March : As a disabled woman, I was horrified by Trump’s mocking a disabled reporter. He should be ashamed and should stop denying what we all saw and instead…
Grace Smith
Why I Am Joining The March : I am unable to join the march in person but want to stand in solidarity with those who are advocating for those in danger of losing their health insurance, those who might lose Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits, those who need and are entitled to special education…
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