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sheshe2

(83,758 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 06:04 PM Jan 2017

Womens March Launches Global Mission For Equality




Women’s March Global (WMG) — the international arm of the Women’s March on Washington (WMW) — has launched its mission statement as total participation across the world looks set to hit the one million mark.


Three hundred national and international sister marches will join forces with the Women’s March on Washington (WMW) DC rally on Jan 21 — the day after the U.S. Presidential Inauguration — spanning nearly 60 cities in 30 countries across six continents. As march day approaches, the WMG has set out four clear aims.

In a press statement, it announced the movement’s worldwide vision and values in a unifying framework called H.E.R.S., which spells out the women’s rights priorities of: Health, Economic Security, Representation, and Safety:

Please read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/womens-march-launches-global-mission-for-equality_us_5878a635e4b094e1aa9dc530

Celebrate with us on 1/21/17. Then let's get down to work for H.E.R.S.
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Womens March Launches Global Mission For Equality (Original Post) sheshe2 Jan 2017 OP
I'll be at the one in Seattle! LisaM Jan 2017 #1
I will be in Boston.... sheshe2 Jan 2017 #2
Thanks, you too. LisaM Jan 2017 #3
I'll be in NYC w Priyanka! bettyellen Jan 2017 #4

LisaM

(27,811 posts)
3. Thanks, you too.
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 08:03 PM
Jan 2017

I've gone to marches in Seattle before. I hope the anarchists stay away (I think they will, for this one) and that the news doesn't fixate on coverage of people dressed as sea turtles, which they always do (if they even cover it).

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