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Locals Join Seattle Women’s March

... one bus and filled it up within 48 hours and then had a waiting list of about 50 soon after that, so we just dived in and ordered the second bus,” Axtelle said. “And we still had a big wait list,” Shippen added. Many of those attending knitted their own pussyhats, the name for the bright pink caps that have become the signature apparel for marchers. See background on the pussyhat movement in this story from our online news partner The Seattle Times. 1 of 6. Marchers gather in the parking lot. Photo ops to capture the historical moment. Pink pussyhats are everywhere as marchers wait to board the Seattle-bound bus. Jean Marie Trapp of Mukilteo said it took her "three hours and a glass of wine" to create her sign to carry in Saturday's march. "I'm here for myself, my grandchildren, for my daughter-in-law," she said. Bus riders pose for a group photo prior to boarding. Marchers get ready to roll. The local marchers had similar reasons for joining the event, expressing their worries about ...

Fearing For Her Children And Looking For Inspiration At The Women's March On Washington, Dc

... marches in nearly 700 (!) other cities around the globe are not only a show of force against a new administration, but also a chance to inspire the people who march to stay involved beyond today. "We see this as the first convening," Janaye Ingram, the head of logistics for the march, told USA Today. "New alliances will be forged through this effort.". Pham-Corbett owns a letter-press paper goods company in Georgetown. She's considered herself only semi-politically active in the past, "but I definitely see myself becoming more involved." Right now, her business is donating half of its sales of cards to the ACLU. "I'm trying to do what I can.". As she prepared for her trip, Pham-Corbett expressed a feeling familiar to many on the left: something straddling both hopelessness and righteous inspiration. "I fall into this place where I can’t even look at the news," she said. "I ...

Seven Vashon Buses Will Head To Seattle Women’s March On Saturday

... boarding will take a little while. Pickerel noted that as soon as he is able, he will post updated rosters in the Vashon Transport for Womxn’s March on Seattle Facebook page so that people can confirm what list they are on. Berry said he is working with Washington State Ferries to accomodate the Saturday morning trips. The plan is to take the 8:55 a.m. boat from Fauntleroy, but some buses may need to catch the one that follows it at 9:35 a.m. Both should make it to the march, which begins at 11 a.m., though a later bus might not be there in time for the opening rally. The march will end at the Seattle Center, with buses returning about 5 p.m. The suggested donation to ride — either one way or round trip — is $10. Ferry fare is also required; ferry tickets that do not need to be scanned are recommended. Pickerel, who was thinking of something much smaller initially, noted good naturedly that he would have preferred a month to plan all the details, instead of a few days. And Berry said while he is nervous about the details all working out, many people have been appreciative and thanked him for his efforts. “How can you knock that?” he said, adding, “I’d like to ...

Harry Belafonte Talks Trump, Women's March, Peaceful Protest

... the fact that people will not be governed with tyranny.”. Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45 th president of the United States on Friday. Belafonte and fellow activist Gloria Steinem are serving as honorary co-chairs of Saturday’s march. Belafonte said he counseled organizers on content, strategy and logistics based on his experiences with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the historic 1963 March on Washington and the five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965. Most Read Stories. Unlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks. “I’m playing a role that I feel equipped and I feel knowledgeable about,” Belafonte said. “I’m going to be 90 years old in a couple of weeks, and I think that to be of mind and capacity to be able to still contribute to helping to make our union a better place, to help our country become a better place is a joyous task…. “We’ve discussed content, we’ve discussed speeches. We’ve tried to discuss long-term sustainable efforts on the part of issues that ...

Locals Will Be Attending Tomorrow’s Women’s March On Seattle

... organizers, the march was a grassroots response to the 2016 election. Paula Goelzer, a Seattle-based birth doula, started the Facebook event for the Seattle march after she and her colleagues heard about the march in Washington, D. C. “We all agreed it would feel good to march, to be enveloped by like-minded community members spurred into action by the rhetoric of the election, but our jobs made the D. C. march impossible,” Goelzer said in the release. “The response on the Facebook event was instant, and overwhelming, with thousands signing up the first day.”. Price said organizers are requesting it be a silent march as a nod to Civil Rights marchers of the past. She said they want the focus to be on people, rather than words, which can get lost in translation or taken out of context. Price added that there will be speakers, poets and singers on soapboxes, using bullhorns. While the request is for a silent march, Price said, they absolutely respect people’s rights to free speech. According to the march website, the request for silence is only up to the final speaker along the route. “Then raise your collective voices and chant, sing, and shout all the way to ...

We'll Be Live From The Women's March On Washington Today

... reads. Having friends here is important. One who saw me covering yesterday's protests repeatedly pulled me away from tear gas and flash bangs while I tried to Facebook Live. Plan for the day: Women's March on Washington. Finally. Heidi and I will both be tweeting and Facebooking from the streets. The program for the main Women's March begins at 10 a.m., but Indigenous Women Rise , a complementary march and rally centering indigenous women, will start at 8:30 a.m. As soon as I finish my coffee, I'll be on a packed Metro train to the center of the action. Some 200,000 people are expected to show, and the platform is progressive and the mission explicitly nonviolent. Read Janet Mock and Melissa Gira Grant on why the march is pro-choice and also pro-sex workers' rights. Follow us on Twitter here and here. And fuck the patriarchy. Thank you to Longreads Members for partnering on this story. To get this delivered to your ...

Why Three Seattle Women Are Going To The The Women’s March In Washington Dc

... not currently speaking for at least half of the country and that’s terrifying. I also need to be with the women in my life and to have solidarity with the people who are most at risk for the next, hopefully not more than, four years.”. All three women will be wearing pink knit hats, being called p*ssy hats. “It’s a weird thing that we’ve reclaimed that word!” Stowell said. “It’s kind of uncomfortable sometimes, but I think it’s actually an interesting thing that we’re reclaiming that. But I have one, I have one for a friend as well. She made our signs last weekend. My sign says, ‘I will hot normalize the behavior of this president.’ And hers is actually really great. Hers says, ‘Keep your oligarchy out of my vagina.'”. “I’ve been thinking about a sign, I always see great signs,” Haas mused. “The sign that always sticks with me is right after the election, people were marching, and I saw a guy walking around with a sign that says, ‘Not really a sign guy, but geez!'”. No matter what will get done, or not get done, at this march, it’s providing some personal fulfillment for Haas. “Maybe me going to DC is meaningless in ...

Seattle Restauranteurs Headed To Women's March In D.c

... I were in New York at Javits Center on election night, and the inauguration plans, that was our next step to see Hillary get inaugurated. It was just completely crushing to not have that outcome,” said Di Lello Morton. Instead of giving up their plane tickets, they’ll head to the nation’s capital to march on Saturday with the hope of sending a message. “I think it’s really important to stand up, to rise up. Tell the world, administration that there are millions of people who want the country to go in the direction that President Obama was taking it,” Di Lello Morton said. “I think it represents a movement that we will not normalize this behavior; we will not normalize bullying of minorities, we will not allow bullying of the press. We will not allow an attack on women’s rights. This is not normal, and we as a collective movement have solidarity in that rejection,” Stowell added, referencing a divisive campaign season, divisions across the country that have ...

At Least 120k Rally At Women's March In Seattle

... D. C. Hundreds wore pink "pussyhats" and held signs proclaiming support not only for women rights but equality, social justice and human rights. Some say they're protesting President Donald Trump's policies, while others want to promote unity or to oppose racism, sexism and hate. Law enforcement told KOMO News an estimated 120,000 people participated in the march from Judkins Park to Seattle Center. By Saturday afternoon, demonstrators had packed the entire 3.6 mile route. Nancy Davenport marched on Washington 28 years ago to stand up for women's equality. The 72-year-old was back at it Saturday, this time joining thousands in the other Washington who crammed the streets of Seattle to send a message to President Donald Trump about women's rights and other causes. "We thought we were done and we're not," said the Port Angeles woman, who carried a sign that read in part: "Don't make us come back in 28 years to do it again." 'You have to keep fighting for what you believe in.". ...

Seattle Women's March Estimates 50,000 Attendees After Trump Inauguration

... Washington Post the purpose of the rally is to “promote women’s equality and defend other marginalized groups.”. The local group decided to spell “women” with an “x” to promote intersectionality in the movement. Intersectionality acknowledges that different forms of discrimination intersect, the group wrote. “The Womxn's March on Seattle grew out of feelings of loss, fear and anger, but now seeks. to provide the resources necessary for people to connect with one another, become accomplices, and work towards equity and social justice in this country,” an organizer told KIRO 7 News. The Womxn’s March on Seattle wants to be a silent march, modeled after the successful silent civil rights marches. However, they wrote that the silence is a request, noting that participants are constitutionally allowed to say whatever they like. When a multitude of voices speak, no one is heard. With silence, we send a unified message. __link__/Pv Lm 6 xe PLm __link__/JYZR 8 JB 1 DN. — Womxns March Seattle (@womensmarchsea) January 15, 2017. Seattle’s iconic Fremont Troll donned a pink hat on Inauguration Day. People in Womxn’s March on Seattle on Saturday plan to ...