[Magdalen] Saturday Marches

[Lynn Ronkainen]

What an adventure for you and Bill!! So glad you went and were there to model the diversity of support this event drew to those who know you two and to others! Grateful for your safe return. 
Lynn 

On Jan 22, 2017, at 6:02 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