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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow The Womens March On Washington Has Gone Global
When I urged women of the world to join the fast growing Womens March on Washington (WMW) in my Nov 15 blog a week after the U.S. election I could not have foreseen the scale of international support or the newly galvanized womens movement that would evolve by the start of 2017.
Today the WMW is set to be the largest march of its kind as hundreds of thousands of women and men plan to take to the streets on January 21, the day after Donald Trumps inauguration as the President of the United States. As well as the leading national march in Washington DC and another 200 U.S. city marches, there will also be at least 50 cities in 20 other countries participating and more are organizing each week.
But less than nine weeks ago, within hours of the presidential election on Nov 8, the WMW was a mere seed of an idea posted on Facebook by Hawaiian grandmother, Teresa Shook, who simply said: I think we should march. So how did this grassroots movement strike such a universal chord? Since becoming more involved behind the scenes of the march planning, Ive had the privilege of working with some of the original national and international organizers and seeing up close how things have taken shape.
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Within days, news of the march went viral on Facebook. During the first week, organizers connected and mobilized tens of thousands of American women signed up on the national Facebook page to march on the capital. As many more were signing up at a growing number of marches across the US, the first overseas sister rallies were already being mooted as a core group of global organizers formed: Marissa McTasney (Canada), Karen Olson (Switzerland), Kerry Haggerty (UK), Rebecca Turnbow (Australia), and Brit-Agnes Svaeri (Norway).
Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-womens-march-on-washington-has-gone-global_us_586e342be4b021b75256f0f1
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Women and Girls rising all over the globe. Our brothers, fathers and sons will be there with us.
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How The Womens March On Washington Has Gone Global (Original Post)
sheshe2
Jan 2017
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cwydro
(51,308 posts)1. 2014 is coming? What?
sheshe2
(84,005 posts)2. It was a good quote.
Despite the date and I no clue how to edit someone else's graphic.