The Women March On
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BROAD’s Sonja Hammer talks about the upcoming global marches happening on the 21st of January called Women’s March, the original one is happening in Washington DC in the U.S as a demonstration about :
‘The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us – immigrants of all statuses, Muslims and those of diverse religious faiths, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, survivors of sexual assault – and our communities are hurting and scared. 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 Women’s March on Washington will send a bold message to our new government 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 will not rest until women have parity and equity at all levels of leadership in society. We work peacefully while recognizing there is no true peace without justice and equity for all.
HEAR OUR VOICE.’
Sonja speaks to one of the organisers of the Melbourne Women’s March Melissa Goffin about what is happening here in Melbourne and how can people help.
Details here:
A peaceful march in solidarity with our American mates, to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump. All welcome to join to add our voice to the millions of Americans opposed to the Trump presidency. A march against misogyny, bigotry and hatred.
Saturday 21 January, 1pm.
State Library of Victoria.
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VOLUNTEER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/womens-march-on-melbourne-tickets-30790061904
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‘Check in’ here if you wish to stay in contact with the Women’s March organization after the event:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/womens-march-melbourne-australia-2
ARTICLES OF INTEREST HERE & HERE and The ‘Principles’ of the ‘Women’s March’ organisation HERE
Sonja also interview NZ/Canadian filmmaker Alison Maclean about her career and her new film The Rehearsal playing for a limited time at ACMI in Melbourne, Australia.
And in this episode we have the first TEASER of a new segment coming to BROAD with the amazing feminist, activist, writer,broadcaster and WOC Lana Woolf.
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