Why I Am Joining The March : I am a widowed disabled woman with over twenty-five chronic invisible illnesses. My life would be destroyed by the loss of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Food Assistance. I have suffered, but though I am disabled, I refuse to be a victim. Though I cannot march in person,…

Why am I joining the march? “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” I am marching for women’s rights, disability rights, LBGTQ rights, immigrant rights, right to practice the religion of your choice, right to free speech and free assembly, POC rights, rights to access affordable healthcare, right to sex education…

While I am not disabled, I am a caregiver for both my father and grandma. I understand what it is to be at the whims or a disease or to structure life around a disability. When I realized my father’s illness was going to prevent me from getting to Washington, I was crushed. So, I…

Why I Am Joining The March : As a woman with a learning disability, and a mother of an autistic child, I march so that my son will have a better learning situation then I did. That he realizes that it is unacceptable behavior to degrade women the way Trump had done in the past.

Why I Am Joining The March : I want to leave a livable planet to my kids and grandkids, to everyone’s kids and grandkids. I feel that I have to express my feelings about Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, etc. I am a scientist with a PhD in a field of environmental science. I am on…

We are marching because we are women, we have special needs, and we need to be counted. Amelia has generalised anxiety and panic disorder and overcame an abusive marriage. Addie is OCD, SPD, and generalised anxiety. Hallie is Autistic. Every day is a fight, and we join in sisterhood to fight together in love and…

I’m joining because I want to fight for justice and peace. If we can act together fiercely in love and in humble respect then we will be doing the right thing. I’m a survivor of abuse and violence and I have worked in the battered women’s movement. My PTSD is bad right now. Being in…

Why I want to “march.”–  As a nation need to continue funding medical and stem cell research. The ACA has been very important for those with my disability- hypertrophic cardiomyopaty. Luckily I have insurance but will count on medicare at some point. I worry about my pre-existing condition! In addition, I spent my career as…

Elizabeth Priddy Why I Am Joining The March : I have neuromyopathy, a rare complication of diabetes. I cannot walk unassisted. I am an artist and I am still here.   Merlyn Potters Why I Am Joining The March : I have ovarian cancer, diagnosed more than two years ago and recurring. Research for treatment and early…