Protesters listen to speeches at the
Grand Park during a Women's March,
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Los
Angeles. On the anniversary of
President Donald Trump’s
inauguration, people participating
in rallies and marches in the U.S.
and around the world Saturday
denounced his views on immigration,
abortion, LGBT rights, women's
rights and more. (Photo: Jae C.
Hong, AP)
People
attend a
rally
Saturday,
Jan. 20,
2018, in
Portland,
Ore.
Organizers
of the
National
March
for
Impeachment
say they
represent
a
community
rallying
against
President
Donald
Trump
and the
actions
of his
administration.
Demonstrators
from Los
Angeles
to New
York
marched
in
support
of
female
empowerment
and
denounced
Trump's
views on
immigration,
abortion,
LGBT
rights
and
women's
rights
on
Saturday,
the
anniversary
of his
inauguration.
(Dave
Killen,
Staff)/The
Oregonian
via AP)
Global
female
empowerment
marches
enter
second
day By
SANDY
COHEN,
VERENA
DOBNIK
and
TAMARA
LUSH
APNews.com
ST.
PETERSBURG,
Fla.
(AP) —
More
demonstrations
in
support
of
female
empowerment
are
planned
around
the
world
Sunday,
a day
after a
host of
marches
and
protests,
several
of them
massive,
marked
the
anniversary
of
President
Donald
Trump’s
inauguration.
Marches
are
scheduled
in
cities
including
Miami,
Melbourne
and
Munich.
A rally
in Las
Vegas
will
launch
an
effort
to
register
1
million
voters
and
target
swing
states
in the
midterm
elections.
On
Saturday,
many not
only
supported
women’s
rights,
but also
denounced
Trump’s
views on
issues
including
immigration,
abortion
and LGBT
rights.
The
2017
rally in
Washington,
D.C.,
and
hundreds
of
similar
marches,
created
solidarity
for
those
opposing
Trump’s
views,
words
and
actions.
Millions
of
people
around
the
world
marched
during
last
year’s
rallies.
Participants
on
Saturday
talked
about
the news
avalanche
of
politics
and
gender
issues
in the
past
year.
They
said
they
were
galvanized
by the #MeToo
movement,
which
has been
credited
as
countering
widespread
sexual
abuse
and
misconduct.
Critics
of the
weekend’s
marches
said the
demonstrations
were
really a
protest
against
Trump.
The
president
tweeted
Saturday
that it
was a
“perfect
day” for
women to
march to
celebrate
the
“economic
success
and
wealth
creation”
that’s
happened
during
his
first
year in
office.
“Get
out
there
now to
celebrate
the
historic
milestones
and
unprecedented
economic
success
and
wealth
creation
that has
taken
place
over the
last 12
months,”
the
Republican
wrote.
“Lowest
female
unemployment
in 18
years!”
Demonstrators
on
Saturday
denounced
Trump’s
views
with
colorful
signs
and even
saltier
language.
Oklahoma
City
protesters
chanted
“We need
a
leader,
not a
creepy
tweeter!”
One
woman
donned a
T-shirt
with the
likeness
of
social
justice
icon
Woody
Guthrie,
who
wrote
“This
Land Is
Your
Land.”
Members
of the
group
Missing
and
Murdered
Indigenous
Women of
Seattle
burned
sage and
chanted
in front
of
Seattle’s
rainy
march.
In
Richmond,
Virginia,
the
crowd
burst
into
cheers
when a
woman
ran down
the
middle
of the
street
carrying
a pink
flag
with the
word
“Resist.”
The
march in
Washington,
D.C., on
Saturday
took on
the feel
of a
political
rally
when
U.S.
Sen.
Kirsten
Gillibrand
and U.S.
Rep.
Nancy
Pelosi,
both
Democrats,
urged
women to
run for
office
and vote
to
oppose
Trump
and the
Republicans’
agenda.
“We
march,
we run,
we vote,
we win,”
Pelosi
said, to
applause.
People
gathered
from
Montpelier
to
Milwaukee,
from
Shreveport
to
Seneca
Falls.
“I
think
right
now with
the #MeToo
movement,
it’s
even
more
important
to stand
for our
rights,”
said
Karen
Tordivo,
who
marched
in
Cleveland
with her
husband
and
6-year-old
daughter.
In
Palm
Beach,
Florida,
home to
Trump’s
Mar-a-Lago
estate,
several
hundred
people
gathered
carrying
anti-Trump
signs
before
marching.
A group
of women
wearing
red
cloaks
and
white
hats
like the
characters
in the
book and
TV show
“The
Handmaid’s
Tale”
marched
in
formation,
their
heads
bowed.
Cathy
Muldoon,
a high
school
librarian
from
Dallas,
Pennsylvania,
took her
two
teenage
daughters
to the
New York
rally
and said
marching
gives
people
hope.
She said
this
year’s
action
is set
against
the
backdrop
of the
Trump
presidency,
which
“turned
out to
be as
scary as
we
thought
it would
be.”
“I’ve
not seen
any
checks
and
balances,”
she
said.
“Everything
is
moving
toward
the
right,
and we
have a
president
who
seems to
have no
decency.”
In
Los
Angeles,
Eva
Longoria,
Natalie
Portman,
Viola
Davis,
Alfre
Woodard,
Scarlett
Johansson,
Constance
Wu, Adam
Scott
and Rob
Reiner
were
among
the
celebrities
who
addressed
a crowd
of
hundreds
of
thousands
of
demonstrators
at a
women’s
march.
Longoria,
who
starred
in TV’s
“Desperate
Housewives,”
told
marchers
their
presence
matters,
“especially
when
those in
power
seem to
have
turned
their
backs on
reason
and
justice.”
Portman,
an
Academy
Award
winner,
talked
about
feeling
sexualized
by the
entertainment
industry
from the
time her
first
film,
“Leon:
The
Professional,”
was
released
when she
was 13
and
suggested
it’s
time for
“a
revolution
of
desire.”
In the
1994
film,
Portman
played a
young
girl
taken in
by a hit
man
after
her
family
is
killed.
Woodard
urged
everyone
to
register
and
vote,
saying,
“the
2018
midterms
start
now,”
echoing
many
speakers
at
marches
across
the
country,
who
urged
women to
vote.