MOVEMENT HAPPENING TODAY IN
WEST MICHIGAN, A COMMUNITY
COMING TOGETHER FOR THE
"WOMEN'S MARCH ON KALAMAZOO"
THIS YEAR. 24 HOUR NEWS 8'S
ZACH HORNER WAS IN KALAMAZOO
TODAY LEARNING MORE.
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MARCHES HAPPENING ACORSS THE
GLOBE, STANDING UP FOR WOMEN'S
RIGHTS BEING ONE OF THE MAIN
THEMES, BUT ALSO WITH A
GENERAL MESSAGE OF BRINGING
PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
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"WE HAVE SEEN DOORS SLAMMED IN
THE FACES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
WOULD COME TO OUR ONCE
WELCOMING COUNTRY"STRIVING FOR
POSITIVE
CHANGE. "I HAVE FOUR
GRANDCHILDREN AND I WANT TO
MAKE THIS COUNTRY BE GREAT
FOREVER"STRIVING FOR
EQUALITY"I THINK WOMENS RIGHTS
SHOULD BE FOUGHT FOR
EVERYWHERE"CONCERNS ABOUT OUR
COUNTRY'S LEADERS, AND THEIR
IMPACT HERE AT HOME.
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"POLICIES THAT NEGATIVELY
IMAPCT THE WOMEN OF SOUTH WEST
MICHGAN" ITS THE WOMEN'S MARCH
ON KALAMAZOO TODAY, THE GOAL
OF THE MARCH? BRINGING A
NATIONAL MESSAGE OF UNITY TO
WEST MICHIGAN. ORGANIZERS
TELLING ME NEARLY THREE
THOUSAND PEOPLE COMING OUT
TODAY TO HAVE THEIR VOICES
HEARD. THE MARCH BEGINNING AT
AT WEST MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY,
AND TRAVELING DOWN MICHIGAN
AVENUE, FOR A STOP AT BRONSON
PARK, AND THEN BACK TO THE
UNIVERSITY. TAKING TO THE
STREETS, TO HAVE THER VOICES
HEARD. "I WAS BORN INTO A
TYPICAL MACHO MEXICAN FAMILY
AND THATS JUST NOT MY THING,
SO I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY
RIGHTS" "WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH
FOR INTERSECTIONALITY, WE
CAN'T LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND, SO
WE NEED TO UNITE NO MATTER
WHAT COMMUNITY WE'RE
IN" "I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT
KALAMAZOO HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN
IMPORTANT COMMUNITY FOR CHANGE
AND DEVELOPMENT" "IT'S OUR
WAY OF BEING PART OF THE
BIGGER
PICTURE"ORGANIZERS TELL ME THE
MARCH WAS PEACEFUL, AND THOUGH
POLICE WERE ON AND THOUGH WAS
PEACEFUL, ME THE MARCH WAS
PEACEFUL, AND THOUGH POLICE
WERE ON THE STREETS MONITORING
THE CROWDS, NO MAJOR INCIDENTS
WERE REORTED. IN óóóó ZACH
HORNER, 24 HOUR NEWS 8
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