International Women’s Day this Saturday March 8 will give women, their allies, and others targeted for harm by the out of control attack on civilized values and Constitutional norms by the current maladministration to make their voices unequivocally clear. This year the official Women’s March, which has organized national protests since the giant march in 2017 against Trump’s first inauguration and has inspired sister marches across the globe, concentrated on the broader People’s March this year on January 18. Local People’s March events were also held on March 1. 

 

This year the Women’s March and other organizations are promoting Women’s Day marches and rallies across the country. See here to find local events. Chicago hosts a major regional event this Saturday beginning at 11:30 am at Dailey Plaza with a march to Trump Tower setting off an hour later. Their call says: 

 

This International Women’s Day, we’re hitting the streets with Women’s March to show our collective power. Women’s March is built, funded, and led by everyday women—just like us. No matter the administration, we choose solidarity, safety, and each other. Now more than ever, we must take action for a feminist future where all women, femmes, and gender-expansive people are safe, valued, and free. Join Gemmes for Femmes as we march, rally, and raise our voices for justice, equity, and liberation. 

 

For us in the far Northwest boonies of Chicago, a rally along Rt. 14 in Crystal Lake centered at Exchange Drive from 11 am to 1 pm will be the first time since the inauguration we will have a chance for a large, local display of resistance. Sponsor McHenry County NOW invites all to join them in an intersessional display of defiance. 

United We Resist!

 

On International Women’s Day Saturday March 8th from 11am-1pm, it seems fitting that we’re taking to the streets with our friends & neighbors who care about the constant attacks on the Rights of Women, People of Color, the LGBTQIA+ community, Veterans, those with Disabilities, Low income families, Seniors, Farmers & our Migrant/Refugee families in this country.

Now is the time we stand up in the name of humanity and refuse to accept our rights and freedoms in this country being stripped away every day.

Now is the time to hold our elected officials who support fascism accountable, and to expect our elected officials who support democracy to show up and fight for it alongside us! When we look back at this timeline in history, let's look back confident that we resisted, we refused to be silent, and we refused to look the other day while our Democracy was being destroyed before our very eyes!

         Together, neighbor beside neighbor, we will fight fascism! 

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