Marishka

I am joining the march because I have 2 young daughters who need to know that they have worth and a voice. They, along with the rest of the nation, deserve better than what we are being given. We need to stand together to fight the intolerance and hate that is being spread by Trump…

Sherrie Salinger

I am joining The March because I cannot stay silent and uninvolved as Trump and his bullies destroy everything left of my country. And it’s personal. I have family and friends that will most likely DIE without the ACA. I am afraid, but not so afraid I will remain silent. He must be stopped. I…

Brett Cooksey

Why I Am Joining The March : I am Autistic and proud, and I also have Type 1 Diabetes. I will not simply stand by and watch as people with disabilities, women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, religious minorities, or any other vulnerable community get abused and have their rights stripped away by an…

Akua

I advocate for human rights, justice, equality, parity, environmental responsibility, fair treatment and paratransit. I thank this who are physically able to be there and speak the truth to power, and proclaim that WE, The People, are for the people in all our ages, stages, appearances and capabilities. I am a paraplegic, stricken by idiopathic…

Amy

I fought for women’s rights once in this lifetime. It’s come up again. This time, I can’t physically march, but my heart can still carry the cause.

Tabitha

I’m joining because I find Donald Trump completely underqualified for the office of US president. His temperament, his actions and rhetoric are very crude and he’ll reverse our freedoms 50 or so years with his xenophobic thoughts and policies! Aside from my Multiple Sclerosis limiting my mobility to physically march, I’m on a fixed social…

Ruiha Shen

Why I Am Joining The March : I am a feminist scholar and woman of color. I oppose any violence against women.

Group post (10 marchers)

Danna Chambers McMath:Why I Am Joining The March : As a 63 disabled senior lady, a lifelong activist for civil rights, especially for women’s right, I wanted some way to join in the mobilization of our First Amendment duties to protest an illegal government. As a country, we are the victims of foreign and domestic…

Athena Wu

Why I Am Joining The March : I grew up being told that anything is possible. It looks now like nothing is possible. I’m frustrated that I’m fighting for things I thought we had already achieved. As a historian I’m convinced we’re back a hundred years. I don’t want to live in this kind of…