Rob Gonsalves

My wife is a feminist. Her mother is a feminist. I am staying home with my mother-in-law while my wife marches on Washington.

Lauren

 I would like to join this disability march because I cannot physically attend a gathering or protest. This is a wonderful opportunity to stand in solidarity with others facing health limitations, to show that we can still participate and contribute. Thank you to the creators for community organizing and giving us a collective voice here….

Kitty Wallis

Why I Am Joining The March : I want to stop Trump.

Michelle

I’m marching to open a conversation about disability, and to support any person in a marginalized group.  I believe that more education and awareness about disability will lead to more understanding and access, and better outcomes for everyone, including those without disabilities.  I have conditions that are severely misunderstood and underfunded, and I’m determined to…

Tami

I’m joining the march to express my dissatisfaction with the new president and to join others in a protest to assert all minority rights, including people with disabilities. I refuse to be hidden and not included. Tami is a poet and an artist. She resides in Southern California. She lives with chronic pain and wants…

Hannah Maples

I’m marching because I’m afraid. As a disabled, bisexual woman, I am terrified by what is happening, but I refuse to let that fear silence me. I have fought very hard for my independence, to live life on my own terms. And I intend to hold onto that and fight for that right for others….

Gayle Glick

Even though I’m a 50% disabled Vet .. I marched in the Ohio Sister March on Sunday.  I’ve since come down with a severe sinus infection .. and unable to go to Chillicothe for the march tomorrow. 59 years old ..   5 years 4 months in US Air Force, Currently a Corporate Travel Agent,…

Evangeline

Why: I live in a suburb of DC and would love to march on Saturday but for two things: 1) I am in Eugene, Oregon helping to care for my disabled father-in-law, and 2) I have these invisible disabilities: fibromyalgia, and degenerative disk disease (what I call crunchy spine syndrome), which make it impossible to…