Claire, Laine and Jessica a look at the 2017 Women’s March, the good and the bad. The Women’s March brought over 2 million people around the world together for one day, but what has happened in our world since that day was over? Our hosts take a look at their own personal contributions and those of our community.
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Making it personal Claire and Laine share how the women’s march made them challenge themselves more in 2017 to be involved and make personal commitments to making change. Claire points out that having one or two big issues that are dear to you makes it more manageable to make change – she has dedicated herself to a zero-waste lifestyle goal and has a blog to make herself accountable to that goal. Laine is involved with the Empowered Women of Booking.com – a group of 523 women in the U.S. and Canada who work on mentorship, leadership, development, learning and salary negotiation at Booking.com.
Bringing people to the forefront There are more women than ever who are running for office, and that includes women of color. Lifting up these voices and voices of other marginalized people is vital to making change in our world. This is also important outside of politics, our communities are stronger when more diverse voices are heard.
Intersectionality is vital There is a lot of work to be done in regards to intersectionality with the Women’s March. Trans women and folks of different abilities have specifically been left out of the Women’s March, whether it be through pussy hats, vagina-centric posters and lack of accessibility to necessary areas (ie bathroom), these shortcomings should be addressed in future movements.
Left to right: Our hosts Jessica, Claire and Laine.
Laine (2nd row on the right) with the other “Rosie’s” at a work event for empowering women.