Boston Women's March Anticipates 90,000 Day After Donald Trump Inauguration

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Update: In anticipation of huge crowds and "impassible streets," the City of Boston has issued parking, transportation and traffic guidelines for the Boston's Women's March. All the details here.

Update: Organizers recently released the march's route, as well as estimates of more than 90,000 anticipated participants. Read the latest: Elizabeth Warren, Maura Healey Join Boston Women's March As Expected Attendance Swells

BOSTON, MA — If a planned "Boston Women's March" on the Common sees even a fraction of its anticipated attendance, it stands to be the city's largest protest yet in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump, with more than 90,000 registered to attend, according to its organizers.

The Boston rally is planned in parallel with a larger women's march already scheduled to hit the streets of Washington, D.C., the day following Trump's inauguration. Several thousand Bay Staters will be traveling to that national event, according to a Massachusetts-specific event page convening women and supporters who will be traveling to Washington, D.C., for the main national march.

Of those staying behind but still hoping to take a stand, some 36,000 have indicated on Facebook they are going to attend the Boston sister rally, while another 41,000 have marked "interested" as of Jan. 19. Organizers on Friday said more than 90,000 have registered to attend.

In a message to registered attendees, organizers wrote:

"With warmer weather coming our way and record-setting attendance of over 90,000 registered Marchers (!), we are excited for tomorrow’s historic Boston Women’s March for America."

A series of demonstrations have cropped up on the Common since Trump's election, including an estimated 4,000-strong protest the night of Nov. 9 and a second "Love Trumps Hate" event convened a few days later. That, too, attracted several thousand attendees, according to estimates at the time.

Saturday's march in Boston is one of dozens planned across the country.

Although not casting itself as explicitly opposed to the president-elect and self-described as non-partisan, the Boston Women's March is in a similar vein, albeit potentially many times larger. Particularly this far out, Facebook attendance is not in itself a reliable indicator of actual feet on the ground. However, at the two previous rallies, the end total attendance did roughly approximate those online RSVPs.

Here's how one organizer describes the planned march in Boston:

On January 21, 2017, we will unite in Boston to march in solidarity with over 100 simultaneous women’s marches across the country and the world. Inspired by the Women’s March on Washington, the Boston Women’s March for America (BWMFA) stands with our sister events, partners and children for the protection of our rights, safety, liberty and families. We are rooted in a belief that women’s rights are human rights and that vibrant and diverse communities are the strength of our country. The march is a first step in uniting our communities and to empower grassroots change. We will work peacefully to send a bold message to our elected leaders. This is a peaceful, nonpartisan event(.)

Mission: On January 21, 2017, we will unite in Boston on Boston Common to march in solidarity with communities most affected by the hate, intolerance and acts of violence being perpetrated throughout the nation -- among many are communities of women, immigrants, people of color, and people who identify as LGBTQIA and people with disabilities. We stand for human rights, climate justice, racial justice, and economic justice, along with reproductive justice. Together, we will send a message to our leaders and the world that the United States of America stands for values of human decency, equal rights and freedom from discrimination.

ALL ARE WELCOME. This is a march for all of us. Our goal is that on the day after the Inauguration, people from Massachusetts and hundreds of thousands of Americans from other cities, towns and schools across the nation will march together.

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