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BigmanPigman

(51,635 posts)
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:08 PM Dec 2017

Over 200 cities planning a 2nd Women's March

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on Jan 20th and over 30 on Jan 21st, 2018. You will need to check the list to see if your cities are listed. Many are in countries throughout the world as well as all over the US. If they ask you about tickets do not worry. You do not need them and it is a free event. It is basically for a head count for planners as the list is growing daily. I do not have Twitter or Facebook so I hope I can pass this list onto you through a copy of Facebook from Google.
https://m.facebook.com/pg/womensmarchonnyc/events/



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calimary

(81,511 posts)
2. Excellent! LA's was the biggest on earth last January.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:16 PM
Dec 2017

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750-thousand strong!

BigmanPigman

(51,635 posts)
4. I KNOW! You guys beat both NYC and DC.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:29 PM
Dec 2017

San Diego expected a few thousand and ended up 40,000+ strong. It was the largest world wide demonstration in history. This year's goal/theme is "Hear Our Vote" and we want to register and join the #MeToo movement and get more Dems on the ballots (especially women and minorities) and everyone to vote in the midterms. Here is LA 2017!

calimary

(81,511 posts)
13. Never thought I'd take a train to downtown for such a thing!
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 08:26 PM
Jan 2018

But you can do that now, from Santa Monica straight into downtown. It works out GREAT! We used it for the March for Science, and the train was full of people and protest signs as it approached the downtown area. Slick! And no parking hassles down there, either.

The LA Women's March was great! So much fun, so mellow, so peaceable, so safe, and a whole lotta everybody was there. And everybody seemed to be on a contact high after the wretched "American Carnage" buzz-kill "inaugural" the day before. We all cheered each other up. The protest signs were STELLAR - creative as hell, clever as hell, and in some cases downright hilarious! It was like a slow-moving art gallery through the downtown streets. There were drum circles in the middle of the intersections which had all been closed off to traffic for the march, relaxed motorcycle cops leaning on their handlebars people-watching all day. little kids and people with babies, people with their dogs, people in costume, little old ladies galore, and every now and then you'd spot a celebrity. Just two feet away from me heading down toward City Hall, there was Dakota Johnson of the "50 Shades..." movies, walking with a group of her friends!

I wouldn't have missed it for the world! And I got a selfie with Jacob Soboroff of MSNBC, who was there covering the event. I seized the opportunity to ask him to please tell his bosses that many of us loyal viewers didn't appreciate having Greta Van Susteren jammed down our throats.

 

tomp

(9,512 posts)
5. Yes, finally!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:30 PM
Dec 2017

Large scale nationwide demonstrations. It's about time. Thanks to whoever organized this. The only thing that will help.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
8. I know I have to work that day so I donated $$ to the local March here. Folks- even if you can't go
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:46 PM
Dec 2017

help out any way you can. Make signs or give to organizations setting up the event etc. anything

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