Motivated , by a letter from a colleague in the US, Susanna Braund has organized a march in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington that will begin outside the Bowen Island Library, at 9:45am on Saturday.
“My colleague, who is based in California sent out an email to maybe 50 of us, stating how moved she is to see the support of people from around the world marching in solidarity,” says Braund.
The Women’s March on Washington, which will be carried out in more than 600 cities across the globe, is set to take place the day following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
The mission of the March, as stated by the organizers:
...is the first step towards unifying our communities, grounded in new relationships, to create change from the grassroots level up. We will not rest until women have parity and equity at all levels of leadership in society.
Organizers have also stated that the March is non-partisan and aims to advance a specific policy agenda that includes: expanding family leave, ending racial profiling, and maintaining or broadening access to abortion and birth control.
Braund says that for her the March is in part an opportunity to express her feelings in the wake of US election.
“It felt like a body blow and it sent me, and many others into deep despair," she says. "I also fear that all the hard work of the women’s movement in the past 50 years will suffer a terrible setback under this new administration. We march for ourselves, for our daughters’ generation and for their daughters too, to claim autonomy over our bodies and our minds, our souls and our lives."
As of Wednesday, January 18, 38 people have registered to participate in the Women’s March on Bowen Island.
If you would like to register and participate for the Women’s March on Bowen Island, you can find the page here.
