rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/womens-march-charlotte-nc-2?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-womens-march-charlotte-nc-2' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Women's March - Charlotte, NC https://actionnetwork.org/groups/womens-march-charlotte-nc https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Women's March on Charlotte Saturday, January 21, 2017 10am Please visit our website for a full description of our mission and vision for the Women's March on Charlotte at www.womensmarchoncharlotte.com On January 21, 2017 the country will unite in Washington, DC and we will unite in Charlotte, NC for the WomenÍs March on Washington. We stand together in solidarity with our partners and children for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health, and our families -- recognizing that our vibrant and diverse communities are the strength of our country. The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us--women, immigrants of all statuses, those with diverse religious faiths particularly Muslim, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native and Indigenous people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, the economically impoverished and survivors of sexual assault. We are confronted with the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear. In the spirit of democracy and honoring the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice who have come before us, we join in diversity to show our presence in numbers too great to ignore. The WomenÍs March on Washington will send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights. We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us. We support the advocacy and resistance movements that reflect our multiple and intersecting identities. We call on all defenders of human rights to join us. This march is the first step towards unifying our communities, grounded in new relationships, to create change from the grassroots level up. We see this March, not as a protest but as our being PROactive: FOR rights for all people including all races, religions, sexual identities, the differently abled, the mentally ill; FOR superior public education; FOR equal pay for equal work; FOR paying a living wage; FOR health care for all; FOR Black Lives Matter; FOR women's health including choice; FOR fair and equitable immigration reform; FOR voting rights; FOR reform of the justice system. We support the advocacy and resistance movements that reflect our multiple and intersecting identities. We call on all defenders of human rights to join us. This march is the first step towards unifying our communities, grounded in new relationships, to create change from the grassroots level up. This is not an 'Anti Movement'; this is a PRO movement. This is a Pro Peace Movement. Safety. Safe Space. Respect for our fellow human beings. With this March/demonstration, we are letting our elected officials know that we will not back down, that we are standing together to support women and the causes we care about. https://actionnetwork.org/events/womens-march-charlotte-nc-2