Other women running for Congress include newcomer Chrissy Houlahan, who hopes to unseat a Republican in suburban Philadelphia, and Sara Jacobs, a former aide to Barack Obama, seeking the Southern California seat held by retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.
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The so-called Women’s March on Washington was one of numerous such protest rallies waged on Saturday in hundreds of cities across the United States as protesters gathered on the steps of the iconic Lincoln Memorial and stood along the lengthy Reflecting Pool, also urging more women to compete for public office. (Caroline Champlin/KQED)”I just… there’s so much bad policy, awful behavior, bad choices in the cabinet… it’s overwhelming, the amount of disgustingness”, says Kerri Futch of Sebastopol at the Women’s March in Santa Rosa.
The Hello singer shared a photo on Instagram of the two actresses and herself holding placards as she issued a “power to the peaceful” rallying cry. I am obsessed with all the women in my life. She previously worked as AlterNet’s drugs and health editor.
“Your truth is never more important than now”, she asserted. “I’ve tried to kind of protect their innocence, and I see now that we’re going to have to start exposing them to what’s really going on in the world, partly because this fight is only starting, and they’re going to have to be the ones to finish it”. “It’s empowering to be at the march. So to me, this is one of the ways I can let the world know that I resist”, said Joan Durham of Los Angeles, who described herself as an activist since the 1960s.
Douglas Stocks, 59, from Santa Clara, a bookseller at Books Inc.in that city, had joined a female co-worker and her sisters in the San Jose march.
Trump responded on Twitter by touting what he said were economic gains of the past year that benefited women.
The rally ended at the Battleship Oregon Memorial just after 2:30 p.m., passing a group gathered at Pioneer Courthouse Square for the #MeToo rally along the way. She built a reputation as a “prudish, conservative, nerdy, serious” young woman in order to feel her body was safe and her voice heard.
Crowds are gathering in downtown Los Angeles for a Women’s March against sexual violence and the policies of the Trump administration.
On the 366th day, Portland will have a number of different rallies beginning at noon on the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration.
Andary wants the march to highlight women of color and immigrants. “I would not be surprised if they got more than that this year”.
Argento addressed the criticism she received once she spoke up about her abuse.
Trump had dismissed the comments, calling them “locker-room banter” and apologized “if anyone was offended”. Today’s shutdown by the federal government “hopefully adds to the momentum”, she added.
The route she walked with the hundreds of thousands of men and women on the streets that day took her past outpourings of support from total strangers, including children offering lemonade to out-of-town visitors and Washington residents throwing their doors open in solidarity.
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“If anything, it inspired me to do more for my community here in Canada”, she said.
