Shaktari Belew

I am marching because I understand the need to collectively solve the multiple issues threatening our species and ALL life on this planet. I’m marching because I want to encourage us to see through whole-systems eyes when addressing the issues we face, not the usual narrowly-focused approaches and greed-based profit-only approaches. I’m marching because women’s…

Cynthia L Myers

I am marching for women’s rights, civil rights, rights for people with disabilities. I am marching for crimes against women and children. I am marching for our education for our children. I am marching for a safe and clean in environment for our future. I am marching for the dreamers, LGBT community and basic human…

Athena Hitchin

I’m joining the march to stand up for my fellow disabled and LGBTQ siblings who are at risk of losing our rights as human being and people of this nation under the current administration, which has already even before even entering office attack our basic rights and who we are. I am join in support…

Robin Thomas

As I write this, I watch on television, a sea of white faces at the Inauguration Concert. Not a brown or black face in the crowd. Just white-bread white (btw, I am a middle-aged suburban white women). I march because I have to channel my-to-the-bone anger into the common voice of millions of Americans who…

Karmen Naccarato

I am joining the march because I want to stand with all of my Sisters.

Maddie Conway

Why I Am Joining The March: Eight years ago, I had the incredible honor of quickly meeting President Obama during his presidential campaign in 2008. As you can see from this photo, I was very happy to have my picture taken with him too. At the time, I was a 14-year-old girl in Middle School. Middle…

J Ast.

I am joining the disability march because I am a human. The current president of the US doesn’t think so, because my way of Woman-ness includes diverse tomboy behaviors and crashing about in a wheelchair. Poor fellow probably hasn’t seen my type much. Would seeing me change his mind about my individual humanity? Nah, probably…

Allie White

Why I Am Joining The March: I have a very rare bone dysplasia called Kniest Syndrome. I’ve had all my life and always will. Unfortunately it made life a little difficult to move around so now I use a wheelchair. We need to make marijuana legal for all use. There are so many benefits to it…

Clare Turner

I unfortunately cannot make the march because I have mild asthma that is worse in bad weather along with a very bad back. I am also attending the memorial for the mother of a close friend of mine the day of my local march. I will be there in spirit