Crowds block traffic in Seattle during International Women's Day march
International Women's Day: hundreds march around Seattle
Hundreds of people marched around Seattle for International Women's Day rally, where voices unite to champion gender equality. This year's theme, "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality" calls on everyone to actively support and uplift women in all spheres of life.
SEATTLE - Today is International Women’s Day, a day to honor the courageous women who have fought for equal opportunity and gender equality worldwide.
Crowds lined the streets and blocked traffic in the area of Broadway and John Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood on Mar. 8.
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This year's theme, "For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality" calls on everyone to actively support and uplift women in all spheres of life.
What they're saying:
Holding their signs firmly, while standing firmly in their convictions, the sight of women of all ages and some men rallying could be seen all over the globe.
"I think it’s important to stand up represent our democracy," Katie Hale, who rallied on Saturday said.
The group was protesting the Trump Administration and calling for women’s rights protections.
"We’re all here to build nationwide and to inspire people to get out on the streets," Activist Cynthia Whetsell said. "If millions of people, the sleeping giant that’s waking up and seeing these horrors of what fascism is, if all of these people with courage and conviction and love for humanity and trying to work together can come together and stop this madness."
Hale and Mai Cao were among Saturday’s crowd.
"It’s so emotional, seeing the older women too, it’s like I can’t believe you were protesting for this so long ago and now we’re right back where we started," Hale said.
While they told FOX 13 that they feel we’re going backwards, they found comfort and a sense of community at Saturday’s rally.
"We see a lot of things about women’s rights but there’s also gay rights here, immigration rights," Cao said. "We’re also here for the women who couldn’t make it here or the people who care about women’s rights and gay rights."
Just after 2 p.m. on Saturday, SDOT traffic reported the rally had dispersed and traffic resumed without any blockades.
The Source: Information for this article comes from original FOX 13 Seattle reporting.
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