Why I Am Joining The March : I am a disabled, queer white cis-woman. I ‘march’ in solidarity with women, people of color, trans and queer community, sex workers, disabled people. I ‘march’ for my gender-fluid disabled child. I ‘march’ in resistance to hate, discrimination, and bigotry. I ‘march’ because this will not be tolerated and…
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Jennifer Grana
I am a LGBT woman with fibromyalgia and bipolar disorder. Donald Trump has said repeatedly that women like me are just ‘lazy’ or ‘crazy’. Mike Pence is incredibly, incredibly anti-LGBT rights. Between the two of them, I fear for my health, my safety, and my rights. I want to stand up and fight back.
Charlotte Ferrigno-Whitaker
As a milenial with muscular dystrophy I have been able to benefit from the years of fighting by those before me for people with disabilities. As a woman, I have been able to benefit from the years of fighting by those before me for women’s rights. And as an American, I have been able to…
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Name: Hannah Lipschutz Why I Am Joining The March : I am joining to riase my voice and advocate my rights as both a person with disabilities as well as a support of other of verying identities Jill Weissman: Why I Am Joining The March : Can not navigate the throngs of people (YEA!!) that will be there….
Emma Lipschutz
I am joining my fellow women to stand together against those who try to bring us down. I stand with my fellow woman, no matter their age, race, ethnicity, religion, etc. I want to walk through the streets without fear of assault. I want to be able to choose what happens with my body….
Jaqueline (Jaki) Girdner
Why I Am Joining The March : As a disabled woman, I am proud to join the Women’s March on Washington. I fear for Obamacare which has accepted me with pre-existing conditions. I fear for all of those who will be harmed by racism, sexism, religious persecution, and harassment of the LGBTQ and Pro-Choice communities. Thank…
Patricia Johnson
We have truly failed as a society for allowing such a horrible person to become the leader of our country and to allow politicians who just don’t care about women to gain the majority vote in the Congress and Senate! I served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War; my first husband died from…
Mary-Anne
I march to show solidarity with the Women’s March in DC and around the world, but am unable to participate in person due to mobility challenges. I am 67 years of age, the mother of three, grandmother of one. I am an author, poet, artist, and a die-hard 1960s hippie.
Lucia
I am a retired professor of History and Education. I have had a special commitment to teaching young women and women’s history since the 1970s and see so very much that needs to be done by and for women (and all Americans) that I wish I could join you. Particularly, politically I would like to…