[Magdalen] Saturday Marches

[Grace Cangialosi]

Wow, what an adventure! I'm impressed that you took a bus all that way...

> On Jan 22, 2017, at 7:02 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am just home from Washington.and still exhausted.  Those of us on a bus
> from Muskegon had quite an adventure including a bus break down.  We left
> Muskegon with 55 women in pink shirts and pink pussy hats at 7 on Friday
> morning.  Our goal was Gettysburg for the night, we never got there.  At 11
> we checked into a motel in Breezeport PA.  We arrived in Washington with
> thousands of other buses at about 7 am.  From then until we were home was
> such an amazing experience, one I will never forget. The crowds in
> Washington were huge and joyful. Even the metro ride was fun.  Cheers arose
> randomly from the crowd as it moved to the rally. I was impressed by the
> variety of constituencies in the crowd.  There were so many young people
> there.  They were labor people, Native Americans, LBGTQ with 2 additional
> letters, I and A, a number of women in hajib, immigrants, African
> Americans. We found a place where we could hear the speakers and
> entertainers.Watched the march rather than marching, from the line for a
> port o potty.
> 
> I knew a number of people who were marching but never saw a person I knew.
> There were not many people as old as the Dude and I.  I am so grateful that
> I could do this.I really feel my age today.  I don't usually.
> 
> My favorite signs:  A young girl, maybe 10 or 12 held a sign that read:
> "Buckle up buttercup: We are the Resistance." and "You knw Trump will lie
> about the size of this protest."
> 
> QUESTION:  Among a group of gay men in the march were several dressed in
> all white with veils over their faces.  I was pretty farfrom them, but each
> may have held a poster with a photo of a person.  Can someone explain this
> to me/
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I've just been sitting here, going through lots of picture and videos from
>> the various marches, and enjoying the creativity of some of the signs.
>> I think possibly my favorite one said: (I'll probably get the exact
>> chapter and verse wrong.)
>> 
>> "Don't mess with my reproductive rights!                   Fallopians 1:5"
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Jan 22, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Big picture of Trump, with the caption, "Does this bum make my sign look
>> big?"
>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> I saw one sign via my Twitter feed that really got to me. It was from
>> the
>>>> Berlin March and it said "Trump is KEIN Berliner!" It brought back
>> memories
>>>> of JFK.
>>>> 
>>>> A few others I liked:
>>>> 
>>>> I have a Vagenda
>>>> 
>>>> Impeach Trump, Convert Pence
>>>> 
>>>> I Am Not Up For Grabs
>>>> 
>>>> Patriarchy Is For D*cks
>>>> 
>>>> and especially:
>>>> 
>>>> There Is So Much Wrong It Cannot Fit On This Sign
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:03 PM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Even from this distance all this has me on a high. What a comeback
>> after
>>>>> Friday's auto-da-fe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> M - did you see the photo of the three women dressed as suffragettes?
>> Their
>>>>> poster said "Different century - same s*&t"
>>>>> 
>>>>> This morning on Sky News I heard some total idiot - an American - who
>>>>> actually apologised for Madonna. Whaaat?? You've got to be kidding I
>>>>> thought!
>>>>> 
>>>>> There are a lot of people who are going to need calling out in the
>> days to
>>>>> come, for sure.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sally D
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 at 2:27 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The gf went to the Boston rally.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> She said she hadn't seen that many people demonstrating since 1968.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Other friends have sent pics, including one of Bp. Gates blessing
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> the marchers on the Cathedral steps ... amazing turnout.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -M
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> Western Michigan