Nell Fuqua

Why I Am Joining The March : I suffer from severe peripheral neuropathy and am unable to march in this historic event. I am joining because I want to stand up for disabled people everywhere! Thank you so much for creating this platform for those of us who would have been excluded.

Susan Brown Aweida Plu

Why I Am Joining The March : For too long I have focused on just life in my own little circle. Generally comfortable and safe in the trust that our American leaders could be reasonably relied on to represent and care for me, my family, my city, my state and my country. Complacent is the…

Yvonne Wakefield

Why I Am Joining The March : Unable to attend the march due to rheumatoid disease. Smiling woman with long, curly, dark hair and brown eyes wearing a red top  

Rebecca Long

Why I Am Joining The March : I am joining the March because I feel that many aspects of my personhood are threatened and I must fight for both myself and others to create a country that values all bodies and minds. I’m autistic and have anxiety, so I am unable to attend a physical…

Stephanie Blumensaat

Why I Am Joining The March : to ensure American women’s reproductive freedom their continued right and access to birth control, abortion, and health care. to ensure girls, boys, men and women know that grabbing a women by the pussy is not okay, despite the new President of the United States stating: “Grab them by…

Deborah Friedman

Why I Am Joining The March : Health care access! Civil Rights! Marriage Equality!

Becca Shapiro

I march because I refuse to be cynical.
I march because I believe in the power of everyday citizens committing themselves to progress while we have a president who cannot be a role model for our children.
I march for equal pay for equal work, for birth control, and the right to make decisions about my own uterus.
I march because Black Lives Matter.
I march for my students who are as beautiful, courageous, and diverse as the earth is round and who deserve opportunities to succeed no matter their race, religion, or socioeconomic status.
I march for climate justice and the conservation of wild spaces and an inhabitable earth for future generations.
I march for you, and me, and everyone in between.

Emilyanne Lewis

We will not sit quietly by while the rights of all human beings are lead to the firing squad. Smiling woman with red hair, green eyes, wearing a denim jacket and blue blouse    

Kate McIntire

Why I Am Joining The March : #1 Trump has publicly proved himself a reprobate & a playboy. #2 I believe he is exactly that; therefore lacks basic requirements to sit in the most beloved, respected chair of our nation. #3 He is unqualified to represent me/us.