After the 2018 Spokane Women's March was suddenly canceled, activists scrambled to resurrect it
Twice, it appeared the 2018 Women's March in Spokane was canceled. The first time was a Facebook glitch. The second time it had really been canceled — because of internal division among the group organizing it.
Despite continued anger about the Trump presidency, it looked like Washington state's second largest city wouldn't have an official organized protest on the second anniversary of Trump's inauguration.
The Spokane Women's March was off.
But quickly, Democratic precinct committee officer Cynthia Hamilton and other activists started working furiously behind the scenes to guarantee it would happen.
"The community was out there hollering, 'What do you mean we might not have the Women's March'?" Hamilton says. "I don't know why it fell apart. But I didn't want it to fall apart."
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