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'''Bay Area marchers bash Trump, celebrate women in politics
Some organizers expected smaller turnout than last year'''
Impassioned women and girls sporting pink “pussy hats” and clutching signs, and even some like-minded males, marched in cities throughout the Bay Area on Saturday, driven by disgust with President Donald Trump’s administration and hope for the future of women in politics.
They were sisters excited about feminism. Musicians playing half-silly, half-serious anti-Trump tunes. A family getting political for the first time. A young girl with dreams of becoming president some day.
“I’m so hopeful,” said Sarah Church of Oakland, “especially about the women of color who are already changing the dialogue.” She listed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a newly elected 29-year-old New York Democrat, as an example.
Now in its third year, the Women’s March — which started as a protest to Trump’s arrival in office and his comments about women — drew crowds in San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco and other local cities. The mood was celebratory, but also determined, despite what organizers said were smaller turnouts than last year. Momentum may have waned since the first march in 2017, organizers said, and accusations of anti-Semitism that shook the movement’s foundation last month also could have played a role.
The Oakland march drew between 8,000 and 10,000 people, according to the Oakland Police Department — down from between 60,000 and 70,000 last year. In San Jose, organizers estimated between 15,000 and 18,000 people participated — down from 24,000 last year, according to march organizer Jenny Higgins Bradanini. In San Francisco, organizer Martha Shaughnessy estimated around 60,000 marchers came out — down from 80,000 last year.
At the forefront of many marchers’ minds was a historic first: a record 117 women were elected to Congress in November. A number of female politicians addressed the crowd in San Jose, including newly elected Hayward City Councilwoman Aisha Wahab — the first Afghan American woman holding elected office nationwide. Speech after speech focused on encouraging people to run for local office. Higgins Bradanini, president of Women’s March Bay Area and lead organizer of the San Jose march, announced she will run for San Jose city council in District 10.
Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, kicked off her city’s march with a message of inspiration in front of Lake Merritt.
“We elected the first indigenous woman,” she told the crowd. “The first Muslim woman. The youngest woman. You did that.”
Ten-year-old Charlotte Klopfenstein of Fremont, who got her third women’s march under her belt Saturday, made known her ambitious plans for the future. One of her homemade signs read: “2019: I march, 2030: I vote, and 2048: I run.” The other said: “I may be a princess but I’m also a warrior.”
Meanwhile, the “Nasty Woman Band,” a musical group made up of members from Berkeley, Oakland and elsewhere in the Bay Area, played flutes, clarinets, trumpets and more, following up its rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” with chants of “impeach the president.”
In San Jose, Hilary Ludwig, 38, of Willow Glen brandished a “pissed off white girl” sign she made after Trump imposed travel restrictions from several mostly Muslim countries. Neither Ludwig nor her mother were particularly political until Trump was elected, but now they’re talking about traveling to other states ahead of the 2020 presidential election to help register new voters. Ludwig said she thinks the march has evolved from a “visceral reaction” to Trump into a “community building movement.” She’s excited but skeptical about the number of women considering presidential bids and starting terms in Congress.
“I’m excited to see what Elizabeth Warren has to say,” she said, “and I’m anxious to see the work of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.”
Sylvia Leong, who brought her 13-year-old daughter to the San Jose march, as she has since the first one in 2017, talked with her children about the rifts in the national Women’s March organization and whether participation is an endorsement of Louis Farrakhan — a Nation of Islam leader who has been associated with one of the national Women’s March organizers. But the family decided to attend despite the controversy.
“Just because an organization makes mistakes or is flawed doesn’t mean you don’t participate,” Leong said.
full:https://www.marinij.com/2019/01/19/heading-to-the-womens-march-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
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omg, I saw this on twat the other day….I just have no words..
it's already posted and linked to my post.
I can get on twatter, but I don't know how to save and post videos from there to this site. The one I saw had sound.
feels good man
oooh wait, the digits !!