#WOMENSMARCH2018

Yesterday women held a one year anniversary march. Last year we marched the day after Don the Con took office and yesterday we put our marching boots on again. “Power to the Polls” was the official theme but the reasons we marched were much greater that that. Women, Men, Families, Friends, Young, Old, Black, Latino, Muslim, White, Middle-aged, HUMANS EVERYWHERE marched for LOVE, respect, human rights, civil rights, LGBTQIA rights, they marched  because Black Lives Matter, they marched to ask the Congressional Democrats to stand strong and save the Dreamers, to fund the CHIP program, to OPPOSE the building of WALLS…we marched to protest Trump and his policies.

How did Trump react to the protests? Did he humbly acknowledge that people around the world don’t like him or his policies? Did he promise to listen to the people and engage in relationships for positive change? Did he call on the GOP to work with their Democratic colleagues to come up with an agreement to open up the Government? NOPE. Delusional Donny had this to say instead.

 

Is the bubble he lives in that solid that he does not recognize the masses that protest AGAINST him? Delusional…

Last year I marched in DC and this year I marched in Morristown, NJ. Event organizers were expecting around 4-6,000 people instead approximately 15,000 showed up. Here are some photos from the day. Thank you to everyone who let me photograph them. I loved the signs, the energy and all the friendly faces.

A special thank you to a fellow Ms. Momocracy Mom who graciously shared some march photos with me.

#24 THINGS I HATE ABOUT TRUMP: HAVING TO MARCH FOR SCIENCE AND FACTS

March Signs

Today, around the world, people marched for SCIENCE–science, facts, truth, climate change, the environment–yes, that just happened. Why? Because we live in a political time where logic and facts do not always enter into the equation. Some argue that science is not political and should not be political–but–IT IS!

Our leaders should believe in facts and science. Our leaders should protect the environment in which we live and work to improve upon it for our children and generations to come. Passing legislation to dismantle the EPA or eliminate regulations that help to protect the environment so that big businesses and the coal industry can profit is unconscionable.

Leaders have a social responsibility and unfortunately for us, we have a leader who is anti-facts, anti-science, and anti-human decency–he is incapable of doing the “right” thing.

I marched today in Princeton, New Jersey with my family and about 2000 new friends but what I am most in awe of, is how many sister marches took place around the globe–EVERYWHERE. This is truly unprecedented.

“While scientists and their allies have argued about and even occasionally protested on specific political topics over the years, taking to the streets in a sweeping defense of scientific truth itself and its role in policymaking seems considerably broader and, for the research world, more fundamental (1).”

I believe that taking to the streets to march is seen as a last resort for many in the field of science–but alas, it has come to that. #Resist

 

More March Signs

There were lots of wonderful signs and people; here are just a few.

 

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1 Historians say the March for Science is ‘pretty unprecedented’, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/22/historians-say-the-march-for-science-is-pretty-unprecedented/?utm_term=.bae5be1d4a41