Fired up Marysville woman, 67, will join March on Washington
Nila Horton has never marched for a cause. She hasn’t been active in politics. Yet on Jan. 21, just after Inauguration Day, she plans to stand with thousands in Washington, D.C., to support diversity, equality, women’s rights and a unified nation.
On Monday, the Marysville woman attended a meeting of people organizing the Women’s March on Seattle or planning to attend the Women’s March on Washington.
“This has fired me up. It will send a message to those who intend to divide us,” said Horton, 67, a mental health counselor in Everett. Planned in the aftermath of last week’s presidential election, the marches are “a wake-up call for me,” Horton said.
“We have to say we don’t want human rights to be eroded, not on our watch,” said Horton, who went to the meeting in Seattle with her husband, Jim Reidy. They now have tickets to fly to Washington, D.C., the day before the march — although with the inauguration Jan. 20, they have yet to find an affordable hotel room.
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