Why I Am Joining The March : I am joining in March because I am a woman withwith multiple disabilities. I have a Masters in social work (MSW) as part of this career choice I believe it is important to get involved in social justice issues. It is my belief that right now we need…

Why I Am Joining The March : As a woman and a human being, I refuse to be silenced. It is my right and my duty to speak out for my goddaughter, sister, mother, friends, neighbors, strangers, and for myself. I sadly can’t participate in person due to my Kartagener’s Syndrome but I will not…

Why I Am Joining The March : I join for our young girls and young women who deserve to be all they can be. I join for our senior women who deserve to enjoy their waning years in comfort. I join for my contemporaries to know we are talented, beautiful and strong!

Why I Am Joining The March : I refuse to stand by while hatred and close-mindedness is legitimized by a rigged and unfair system. We are ALL people with hearts to love and minds to think, and this inaguration makes a mockery of everything that makes people wonderful. This is my country, and i will…

Why I Am Joining The March : I am a widowed disabled woman with over twenty-five chronic invisible illnesses. My life would be destroyed by the loss of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Food Assistance. I have suffered, but though I am disabled, I refuse to be a victim. Though I cannot march in person,…

Why am I joining the march? “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” I am marching for women’s rights, disability rights, LBGTQ rights, immigrant rights, right to practice the religion of your choice, right to free speech and free assembly, POC rights, rights to access affordable healthcare, right to sex education…

While I am not disabled, I am a caregiver for both my father and grandma. I understand what it is to be at the whims or a disease or to structure life around a disability. When I realized my father’s illness was going to prevent me from getting to Washington, I was crushed. So, I…

Why I Am Joining The March : As a woman with a learning disability, and a mother of an autistic child, I march so that my son will have a better learning situation then I did. That he realizes that it is unacceptable behavior to degrade women the way Trump had done in the past.

Why I Am Joining The March : I want to leave a livable planet to my kids and grandkids, to everyone’s kids and grandkids. I feel that I have to express my feelings about Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, etc. I am a scientist with a PhD in a field of environmental science. I am on…