I am joining the women’s march because I am very concerned that the new trump administration does not respect our constitution, our bill of rights and the rule of law. The rule of law in our society is crucial and disregarding the law (e.g. No one stopping a president with enormous conflicts of interest, having a…
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Ann Schubert
For solidarity. I’m a feminist, woman, on disability, in powerchair, American-Indian, aged 57 and am gay. I’m a survivor of two left pontine (or the primal part of the) brain hemorrhages (not stroke, but close) since 1991.
Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen
Peace, love, joy and hope to you all! I offer you this mini-march, staged in our living room. The toys I played with as a child now speak my values as a disabled adult. I am extraordinarily lucky to have my job: the unemployment rate among blind people is 70 percent, and I am joyful, humbled and very,…
Amy
I am joining the disability march because I am outraged and terrified, and physically incapable of attending a physical protest to express said outrage and terror. I have no intention of hanging around idly while my country goes places in a handbasket. I’m a disabled queer female academic in Tennessee. I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Postural…
Ivy
Even from my bed, I am resisting! I was an active disability advocate for my kids for a long time before chronic illness caught up with me. I may not be strong enough to march outside in the cold all day, but I am strong enough to join the fight for American rights.
Brandy Adamy
Why I Am Joining The March: As a disabled lesbian, the policies so far shown, heralding what we might come to expect from the next four years are appalling. I wish my body would allow me to march with my sisters, but I will have my voice heard!
Ria Saxon
I am joining the disAbility March to increase the awareness that disAbility Rights are Civil Rights & it’s not okay for us to continue to be overlooked & pushed aside & moved to the end of the agenda or taken off all together. I am a black woman with a disAbility, a minority, an elementary…
Christine Thompson
I have lived in Michigan all of my life. I attended parochial school until 8th grade and then attended a public High School, Community College and the University of Michigan with a teacher’s certificate and Bachelor of Arts Degree. I have 3 children and 4 grandchildren and now live with my second husband. I suffer…
Missy Case
My name is Missy Case & I am a 38 year old woman from Illinois. I have been on disability for 6 years. My disability is related to serious mental illnesses. The reason that I am marching is for everyone who lives with serious mental illness everyday. Whether or not they are on disability &…