Adult CHD determined to live life after a rough year of health – and determined that others do not take the opportunity to stop me or any other woman living their dream.

My name is Theresa Vogel and I am a single mother to three amazing children whose lives and health matters.  My oldest daughter has struggled with depression for years and without healthcare coverage, cannot afford the medication she needs to help her.  My younger daughter was born with a severe heart defect that caused a…

I am Marching. Although physically not able to be present in but a virtual way, I am grateful for the opportunity to be present virtually. I am recovering from recent open heart surgery. Our nation is in grave danger from within. Hatred and greed have taken over. We are in danger of losing all that…

My son Mies and I cannot attend the march because of Mies’s autism and vision impairment but we stand opposed to this administration’s policies of discrimination against people with disabilities, women, people of color and so many more. Parents in the autism community know a lot about having to fight the powers that be to…

  I am marching to state my support for ALL Americans – including Black, Latino, Asian, Muslim, Jewish, LGBTQ, women, those with disabilities, under-privileged, etc – not just for rich, white, able-bodied, “Christian” men. I am a former software engineer and amateur athlete, who is now fully disabled due to a chronic illness. I am…

I’m Patrick. I have Spinal Muscular Atrophy. I use a ventilator and I use Augmentative and Alternative Communication to speak. I believe it is important for our government, and especially our President, to remember and to protect the rights and well-being of all people. We all have the right to be safe from harm and…

I am marching to represent the interests of my class, for and with my Disabled peers, and in solidarity with all human beings who care about Justice, Peace, Love, Equity, Parity and true Security. I’m marching because The D-Word is never brought up or even mentioned in electoral politics or really anywhere unless we Disabled…

Women want their voices to be heard. They want to be listened to, understood, accommodated and respected. The struggle for equal rights has been going on my entire life and now many of the advances made since the 70s are being pushed back and taken away by men who don’t want to share wealth or…

My body doesn’t always work the way I’d like it to, but my heart works just fine. In a time when our country is so divided, scared and angry, I hope to stand in the face of adversity and refuse to accept as inevitable the loss of empathy and compassion for those in our country…