[Magdalen] Saturday Marches

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I was in downtown Houston this morning at a usher-training event.  At 11 am we heard such a noise that we took a break and went over to the huge 2nd story windows and saw The Houston Women's march passing by the Hobby Center (huge theater and event venue) -women, men, signs, kids, people in wheelchairs and kids pulled in wagons and a fair amount  of police- the news said 10,000. I'm thinking when the numbers are in there will have been more. Great energy!
Lynn reporting from NW burns

On Jan 21, 2017, at 1:55 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

i might not be able to handle this if the crowd gets much tighter.. but I'm
thrilled at this turnout.

> On Jan 21, 2017 1:49 PM, "Eleanor Braun" <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I don't have the stamina to go, but I have a sister and several friends in
> DC, friends in Boston, brother and s-I-l in Denver, and friends in Austin
> all marching.   It's been an amazing turnout all over the world.
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> Trump's reaction may be amusing, but mainly my hope is that this is the
> beginning of grass roots organizing not just for women, but also for
> Latino/a, Muslim, LGBTQ, differently abled, and all marginalized folks. Yes
> it would have been better if the organizing had been in September and
> October, but this could set the stage for '18 and '20.
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> Eleanor
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> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 2:38 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
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>> I'm on an L train to the rally in Chicago. Too many people to march!
> 150K+
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>> On Jan 21, 2017 1:10 PM, "AT&T" <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
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>>> March in Atlanta is about to start.
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>>> Jim Handsfield
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>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Jan 21, 2017, at 1:26 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
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>>>> Watching live coverage and the cable went out. Switched to online and
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>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:06 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
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>>>>> No, no, I can stand. In fact, it feels great to be out of bed,
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>>>>> from 2nd floor to basement, has worn me out. But clean underwear,
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>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Ann Markle <
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