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Women's March San Jose Hoping For Momentum
The 3rd annual #WomensWave expects people to pour into the streets at 11 a.m. on Jan. 19 in San Jose to join other cities across the nation.
SAN JOSE, CA -- The bastion of modern-day, feminist politics has its day -- with the Women's March San Jose scheduled for 11 a.m. Jan. 19 at San Jose City Hall on East Santa Clara Street as shown here (map).
Women's March San Jose labeled #WomensWave is inviting all who support the rights cause to show up and "celebrate the women's wave and expand on our work to uplift women leaders, advocate for gender equity, and fight for fair protection of human rights," the organizer website reads.
The San Jose event joins thousands of marchers in other cities throughout the United States. It's the third annual march that calls out furthering the quest for equality, an activism collective spawned and accentuated by the #MeToo movement and a perceived resurgence of misogyny and inequality in women's rights. The social unrest dovetails off the 40-year-old women's political movement that made writers Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan household names.
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Since 2017, #WomensWave has inspired hundreds of women to run, millions more to vote and dozens to win elected office. The 2019 Women’s March marks the first two years of the U.S. presidency of reality show star and businessman Donald Trump. With that two years, the movement trained a slew of new activists and built power through consensus. The streets of Washington, D.C., and cities across the globe are expected to be flooded with people carrying creative signs and chants. One year, citizens in the small city of South Lake Tahoe even endured a snowstorm to have their voices heard.
The San Jose march is one in a handful scheduled for the San Francisco Bay Area and will be followed by a rally that will last until 3 p.m.
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More information is available on this Facebook page. Interested participants are asked to sign up via Eventbrite, so the group can get a headcount.
WMSJ reports being a fully volunteer-run organization and receives no funding from Women’s March National -- the District of Columbia chapter.
--Images via Kathryn Reed, Shutterstock
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