Hundreds of thousands of our friends and neighbors made history during January’s Women’s March, which became the People’s March. WILPF US members and branches stood with them in solidarity, showing up for each other and united in the fight for women’s rights, communities, freedoms, and the future of democracy.
It only took a week for the Trump Administration to launch an attack on individual freedoms, protective regulation, and democracy. Immigration raids, appointments of unqualified and ignoble Trump loyalists to take over vital US government posts, terrorizing government workers, threatening LGBTQX neighbors, destroying DEI initiatives in public schools from kindergarten to universities, and pardoning January 6 insurrectionists came at us fast and furious… the promised end game of Project 2025.
No wonder people were out in the streets!
Here are some photos of WILPF US branch members who stood bravely with allies in Peoples’ Marches in their cities and states.
If you or your branch participated in these actions and would like to be recognized, send your photos (identifying your location, the correctly spelled names of the folks in the photo, and photo credit attribution) to our eNews editor, Emily Franko, at emily.wilpfeditor@gmail.com.
Cherrill Spencer (left) and Judy Adams (right) represented WILPF US and their Peninsula/Palo Alto CA WILPF Branch at their local Women’s March on January 18. Photo by Cherrill Spencer.
Robin Lloyd (center in white coat) and friends from the Burlington VT WILPF Branch braved the cold in Burlington Ped Mall for the January 18 Women’s March. Photo taken my passerby using Robin’s phone. Used with permission.
Betty Traynor, Sandy Thacker, Anne Henny and Ann Politeo from the San Francisco and East Bay CA WILPF branches on January 18 at their local People’s March. The march went through the Mission District, a predominantly Hispanic part of the city, and was followed by speeches in Dolores Park. Photo by Ed Thacker.
Also from the San Francisco and East Bay CA WILPF Branches, Ann Politeo (left) and Betty Traynor (right) at the local celebration of Martin Luther King Day. Photo from the WILPF San Francisco Branch.
