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Anti-Trump protestors take to the streets to let the new president know they
wont take things lying down
T he pink pussyhat became a symbol of both dissent and empowerment across America. On
January 21, millions of Americans wearing the pink-knitted hat packed streets in Washington,
DC and across 600 cities in the US and on seven continents, including Antarctica. The sea of
humanity that brought the US capital to a halt outshone, in spirit and numbers, the inauguration of
Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States on January 20. They marched for different
reasons. Protection of womens rights, health care, Islamophobia and immigration topped the list.
Their message to the new president and his team was clear: the fight for the soul of America is on.

Fathers with kids on their shoulders, breast-feeding moms with diaper bags and strollers, working
moms, grandparents with grandchildren holding signs that read Now youve ticked off Grandma! and
people of all races, religions and skin colour packed Capitol Hill. Among them was Keena Lipsitz, 44,
political science professor at Queens College in New York. I brought my 9-year-old daughter, Mika,
from New Jersey to let the Republicans know they do not have a mandate, she said. I think the
public needs to beat the war drum about how the new governments actions will affect everyone,
especially women and children.

Unsurprisingly, it was women with their children in tow who appeared in droves for the march. The
surprise element was the significant number of men who did, too. Most marchers admitted having
concerns about violence that often mars rallies. But, this is one battle we just cannot afford to sit
out, said Lipsitz.

For Hillary Scharmann, 32, of Chicago, the reasons for marching were personal. The mother of two
who works as a birth and post-partum doula marched to let the new administration know that women
would fight its regressive stance on womens reproductive health. President Trumps administration
plans to defund planned parenthood and enforce stringent abortion laws among other measures. A
womans freedom of choice over her reproductive system is her fundamental right, said Scharmann.
We have not lapsed back on the decades of progress we have made vis--vis womens rights yet. But,
its scary it could come to that under Trump. For that not to happen, we fight today.

Ten-year-old Californian friends S. Shanza and Hayden Banjany Stewart

marched for their own reasons. I want to stand up for myself as an
American Muslim and let the world know President Trump is wrong about
Muslims, said Shanza. Hayden marched alongside her with moms, Tammy
Banjany and Elisa Stewart, who attended to express solidarity for the LGBT
community and other groups at risk from a conservative new
administration.
 The need to express and empower is precisely what brought Reenie
Panzini, 31, from Lancaster in Pennsylvania to the march. I came to the
turf of Donald Trump to let him know I am not going to stand it [his views]. I
march for little girls to know they can still be, believe and do whatever they
want, she said forcefully. Panzinis older child is autistic and she is
apprehensive about finding viable schooling options under the new
governments confusing education policies. What does she think drove the
million turnouts?

Richard Davis, 65, professor of religion and Asian studies and director,
religion programme at Bard College in New York, has the answer. Trump
has brought out anxiety and fear. We march to dispel the fear that we will
not have a voice because our new president is ignoring a large segment of
people and their concerns, said Davis, who was inspired by the spirit of
gentle solidarity he witnessed at the march. Only four arrests were made
despite millions marching across America. In contrast, more than 100
people were arrested for violent protests on the day of President Trumps
inauguration.

So, what brought Davis to the womens march? It is merely titled womens
march, but you dont have to be a woman to come to it, said Davis. Im
hoping he [Trump] fails miserably. Because if he succeeds, given his views,
he will destroy the country. Davis and all other marchers guaranteed that
Trump would not take the march seriously. But hopefully those in the inner
circle will. I want them to recognise the great concerns of the significant
number of American population, said Davis.

Others present expressed similar sentiments, some even accused the new
administration of gaslighting, a form of psychological abuse in which the abuser denies the victims
reality, causing the person to question their memory and perceptions.

American history, agreed all marchers, had never seen a reaction like this to a president. President
Trump is intellectually lazy and does not understand democratic principles true to their form, said
Lipsitz.The concerns that brought her to the march include Trumps stand on defunding
environmental protection agency and his statement that he would consider pulling the United States
out of the international security alliance NATO.
Davis best summed up the sentiments of many as the march ended: People came to DC because
they are concerned about the direction of this country and the way President Trump has conducted
himself. So much power in small childish hands. Scary!

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