{"id":2242,"date":"2020-02-20T10:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/?p=2242"},"modified":"2020-03-05T09:19:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:19:53","slug":"is-the-womens-march-still-strong-three-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/is-the-womens-march-still-strong-three-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Women’s March Still Strong Three Years Later?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Students’ Opinions on Annual Protest<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Moira Sirois and Katie Vastola<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This year marks the fourth annual women\u2019s march, January 18, 2020. The women\u2019s march started in 2017, at the time of Trump\u2019s inauguration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tThis year\u2019s march was sophomore Anna Windmuller\u2019s second. Her first was in 2017. She went this year because she wanted to see if people still had the same attitude on feminist activism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She felt that this year, it was quieter and there were fewer people than there were in 2017. She was a little disappointed because it seemed like people were less enthusiastic about it and it wasn\u2019t as big of a thing as it was three years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She attributes this to the fact that the Women\u2019s March is not new anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the women\u2019s march first started, it was a new thing and people were really angry; but now people know what is happening and it is not a new movement but they were still making up chants,\u201d said Windmuller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windmuller thinks marches like this can create meaningful change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c[These marches] are beneficial because if the president sees us protesting and we get recognition in the news, maybe that will start to change things,\u201d she said.\u201cI do feel that my voice was being taken into consideration by other people, but not by as many people as we need. We are getting recognition across the world, but we have yet to change the minds of some people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reesey duPont, a junior, has also been to every march since 2017. She is the co-president of the Girl Up club at T.C., which is a chapter of Girl Up, an organization founded by the United Nations to help and empower girls in underdeveloped countries. duPont went with members of the club for the second year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think marches like these and protesting in general demonstrates the power of collective voices and how unifying this experience is,\u201d said duPont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every march has its own issue that they focus on and this one was predominantly on immigration and the political tension with the upcoming election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt also served as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King because his birthday was only a few days later,\u201d said duPont. \u201cOpportunities like these help to bring us together to fight for the same issues; much like how gender equality means equality for all <\/em>women, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like it is good to support women\u2019s rights and also to become active and to express your opinion,\u201d said Josh Collins, a junior, who went with the T.C. Girl Up club.\u201cThere were no guys, but I understand that teen boys would not have too much of an interest participating in an event like this but I personally found it very fun.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collins found the march \u201cextremely loud, but everyone was so enthusiastic.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey started singing songs and I happily danced along with the tunes. I had so much fun participating and would like to attend other marches,\u201d he said.
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Students’ Opinions on Annual Protest Moira Sirois and Katie Vastola This year marks the fourth annual women\u2019s march, January 18, 2020. The women\u2019s march started in 2017, at the time of Trump\u2019s inauguration.  This year\u2019s march was sophomore Anna Windmuller\u2019s second. Her first was in 2017. She went this year because she wanted to see if people still had the same attitude on feminist activism.  She felt that this year, it was quieter and there were fewer people than there were in 2017. She was a little disappointed because it seemed like people were less enthusiastic about it and it wasn\u2019t as big of a thing as it was three years ago.  She attributes this to the fact that the Women\u2019s March is not new anymore. \u201cWhen the women\u2019s march first started, it was a new thing and people were really angry; but now people know what is happening and it is not a new movement but they were still making up chants,\u201d said Windmuller. Windmuller thinks marches like this can create meaningful change.  \u201c[These marches] are beneficial because if the president sees us protesting and we get recognition in the news, maybe that will start to change things,\u201d she said.\u201cI do feel that my voice was being taken into consideration by other people, but not by as many people as we need. We are getting recognition across the world, but we have yet to change the minds of some people.\u201d Reesey duPont, a junior, has also been to every march since 2017. She is the co-president of the Girl Up club at T.C., which is a chapter of Girl Up, an organization founded by the United Nations to help and empower girls in underdeveloped countries. duPont went with members of the club for the second year. \u201cI think marches like these and protesting in general demonstrates the power of collective voices and how unifying this experience is,\u201d said duPont. Every march has its own issue that they focus on and this one was predominantly on immigration and the political tension with the upcoming election.  \u201cIt also served as a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King because his birthday was only a few days later,\u201d said duPont. \u201cOpportunities like these help to bring us together to fight for the same issues; much like how gender equality means equality for all women, regardless of race, ethnicity, class, etc.\u201d \u201cI feel like it is good to support women\u2019s rights and also to become active and to express your opinion,\u201d said Josh Collins, a junior, who went with the T.C. Girl Up club.\u201cThere were no guys, but I understand that teen boys would not have too much of an interest participating in an event like this but I personally found it very fun.\u201d. Collins found the march \u201cextremely loud, but everyone was so enthusiastic.\u201d  \u201cThey started singing songs and I happily danced along with the tunes. 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