Pat Harris is a life long activist for feminist causes and joining the other dedicated women to create the first Women’s March in San Luis Obispo was a natural fit for her. She believes that hope for change is what moves her forward and that fighting for equal human rights is crucial. Jen has continued to co-organize with WMSLO over the years, using her background in event planning and marketing.

At that time, she was a teacher who felt inspired to take action to insure a better future for not only her young students, but also for her own daughters. Jen Ford co-founded Women’s March San Luis Obispo in 2016, simultaneously with millions of others around the world. She is excited for the change that the American people will create in 2020 and beyond. Dawn has been a speaker at every annual Women’s March SLO event. In 2018, Dawn was the 24th Congressional District Guest to the State of the Union address.

Due to her community focused action, in 2017 she was named “Woman of the Year” for the 24th Congressional District. Along with millions of others worldwide, she decided to get off the sidelines in defense of women’s rights, human rights, social and environmental justice, and civil liberties. General participation in The Women’s March on Washington is free.Dawn Addis co-founded Women’s March San Luis Obispo in November 2016. and will end at the White House gates at 5 p.m. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The Women’s March on Washington is set to start at 10 a.m. 21 for those who are unable to travel to D.C. Other organizers affiliated with The Women's March on Washington will also host marches in individual cities including Los Angeles and New York City on Jan. Bus and train services, like Rally, will provide round-trip transportation from several East Coast cities to the march at discounted rates. We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us,” read the statement.Īlthough organizers told the Times that they had no official funders for the march, other volunteers in various states have organized trips and launched GoFundMe pages to help get state participants to and from the nation’s capital on the day of the march. The Women’s March on Washington will send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights. “In the spirit of democracy and honoring the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice who have come before us, we join in diversity to show our presence in numbers too great to ignore. The inclusive event is aimed at unifying women, immigrants of all legal statuses, the LGBTQ community, Muslims and other religious groups, minorities, the economically impoverished, disabled people and those who have been victims of sexual assault, according to a statement on the event’s official Facebook page. And, like, ‘Welcome to the White House,’” Butler said.Īnother one of the event planners, Evvie Harmon, said the march was not an “anti-Trump protest,” but more so a “reaction of women and minorities across the world who are very disturbed by the rhetoric that was said” by Trump during his campaign. “The marginalized groups you attacked during your campaign? We are here and we are watching. 21.īreanne Butler, one of the march’s organizers, told the New York Times Thursday the event was scheduled for Trump’s first day in office because the group wanted to make a statement. The march, which was announced on Facebook, will travel from the Lincoln Memorial to the White House on Jan. 20, more than 100,000 people from all across the United States will march to the new president’s home during a massive Women’s March on Washington. Just one day after Donald Trump officially moves into the White House on Jan. Women chant slogans while marching against President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York on Nov.

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