Women's March NYC

Attending the Women's March today was empowering, inspiring, and moving. I was elated to see the crowds swell, to be stuck unable to get to the primary marching grounds. We ended up in the group diverted to 5th Avenue, where we were finally able to march. The crowd was lively and pleasant. Everyone was friendly and ready to fight for equality and a better nation.

I'm overwhelmed by the worldwide support for women's rights. These pictures from the NY Times from marches around the nation and around the world are amazing. Women's rights are a global issue. Freedom, equality, bodily integrity are important for all women across the globe. It was amazing to know that we all walked together today to make our voices heard and our numbers known.

 I am proud that I was able to march for myself and for my daughter. I am proud that my daughter enjoyed her first protest march. That she chanted and clapped and sang along. She may not understand all of the rhetoric surrounding women's rights, but she understands this was important. She understands that we were joining together with others to say we won't be ignored.

We marched in NYC with our good friends, with whom we attended many marches while I was in grad school. I'm thrilled to know my friends, family, colleagues, and students were out there marching as well.