Anyone heading to the march in DC, Boston or any other city today? Are you going as an individual, with your family or with friends? Are you wearing pink pussy hats? Are you bringing signs? Did you make them? Please share what they say. I’ll start.
My daughter is going to Hartford, CT, wearing her BLM shirt and pink pussy hat (meow,) bringing her kids, carrying homemade signs and meeting my son wearing his gay uncle, rainbow shirt. Signs say “WWAR” (White Women Against Racism,) “Women’s Rights are Human Rights, Black Lives Matter,” and “We the People Protect Each Other.”
I joined the on-line disability march because I’m not able to do it in person and a friend is carrying my name in her pocket in DC.
https://disabilitymarch.com/
I went with my son and it was wonderful. A great spirit and many great signs and speeches.
That’s great news. It looked incredible.
It was an incredible day! I’ve been to plenty of events on the Common but have never felt the crush of the people like today. The organizers had 10,000 people sign up every day this week, and even yesterday the estimate was at 80,00. The latest estimate for actual attendees was 150,000! It took an hour and a half to get out of the Common.
I began the day with three family members and the intention of meeting up with two more, ended up losing everyone, but we’re all home safe and sound.
What a great day to march with thousands in Boston affirming our values! Made signs last night: “Climate Change is REAL!”, “Make American Green Again,” “Immigrants Make America Great!”, “Love is Love”, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights,” “Climate Change is Real!!”.
Great to see so many Newtonians joining us today. Regardless of your political affiliation, I think Newton overwhelmingly is a welcoming place that values diversity and equality. Today people from across our political spectrum stood together not for any particular party, but to say that we will stand up and fight for our values.
It was a very powerful day and I know Newton was well represented from the folks I ran into and the tweets I was seeing. I posted a lot of photos on my Twitter page: @_EmilyNorton
We arrived early enough to be within sight of the speakers’ platform–within sight for my husband anyway. I had to content myself by catching an occasional glimpse of the upper half of the video screen. I’d hoped to meet up with my local alumnae association. No luck there, though we did end up standing between a group of Wellesley alums on the one hand and a gaggle of Smithies on the other. No pink hats for us, though there were plenty in evidence. No signs either, though we spotted many excellent ones. My favorite read “Too Many Issues for One Sign.” The crowd was amazingly vast and amazingly friendly and resilient through all the waiting in tight quarters. (Pink) hats off to the all-volunteer organizers. Quite a debut on the public stage.
My husband and I went. Most of the speeches were great ( a couple were hard to understand), most of the signs emphasized respect and equality (some I was glad I did not have to have to explain to my young grandaughters) and the crowd was friendly. But it was serious business and I was proud of all of us.
Thanks to all of you who went to the march and to those who shared their experience here. Painfully I wasn’t able to go, but couldn’t be prouder of my kids for their choice to protest and particularly of my grandsons for being adamant about making their own posters and attending. They and all of you give me hope.
I’m having a hard time continuing to “go high” in my writing and in my thoughts. So thank you all for keeping me on track. I discovered a vindictiveness hidden deep inside me when I wasn’t bothered by Richard Spencer getting punched. Intellectually and morally I know it was wrong but I couldn’t stop smiling at the white supremist, nationalist who inspires hate, both in actions and thought, and coined the word “alt-right” to take the place of another group who promoted hate as he says Heil Trump, get punched – and is now set to music.
I felt hope watching hundreds of thousands joining together. I was surprised none of it was covered live by our mainstream media outlets. I learned that sports “trumps” protest. I found many places live streaming the events. I enjoyed all of the posters and the hats. I especially like the “we the people” posters created by Shepard Fairly along with Jessica Sabogal and Ernesto Yeren who teamed up with the non-profit Amplifier Foundation. They are beautiful. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/shepard-fairey-releases-we-the-people-series-824468
I also like the poster that said “We Will Overcomb.”