Dr. Vittoria Repetto

Due to two accidents, I need a cane to walk. I’m still able to do the work I love, do daily errands, host a monthly women & trans poetry reading at a local independent bookstore, travel on mass transportation and generally live my life. However to walk for hours in a large crowd would be…

TQ1221

I am joining the march because Donald Trump and the GOP are a threat to the United States and its people. Their plans to repeal the ACA, cut Social Security and Medicare, and destroy the environment show no consideration for the population, but favoritism to the wealthy and large corporations.

Gina Schuster

I am disabled and in a wheel chair, with damage to 23 vertebrae as a result of abuse in childhood and my first marriage. This damage is further compounded by spinal cord signal loss, nerve root and spinal cord compression, ankylosing spondylitis, RA, DDD, Scoliosis and Fibromyalgia. I’ve had 2 cervical spine surgeries, one which…

Kathy

Quite honestly, I am terrified and angered with what’s happening in the UK and I am lucky enough to have several privileges in life that others don’t have. I feel unsafe and unheard. I have four interlinking chronic illnesses (three physical, one mental) and seeing how healthcare is such a low priority scares the hell…

Mary Hughes

My name is Mary and I’m form the Seattle area.  I am joining  the march because I am unable to walk for very long and traveling is difficult for me. I have rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia and even writing this is tiring for me. I am opposed to Trump’s propaganda of hate and division. His…

Barb

  Why I Am Joining The March : I am sitting here in pain as my immune system fights my body. I have a list of diagnosis…chronic illnesses. I want to attend the local march, but even that poses challenges. Today I saw this, perfect! I march for all women, who deserve to be treated…

Group of 10 marchers

Jennifer Dexter. Why I Am Joining The March: I am a 41 year old recently hit with a number b of medical setbacks which has rendered me in capable of joining in this movement. I would like to participate but physically can not. I am scared like all those marching of this administration and the future of…

Nelie

I am unable to swallow at all or to speak clearly after treatment for oral cancer 12 years ago. I get my nutrition via gtube and have to grind up pills every four hours and take through the tube. I also have a Trach. Despite all this, I am lucky to have an employer that…