ANDREW SPENCER
REPORTING.
>> IT SHOWS A VIEW OF THE LOCAL
MARCH HERE IN JACKSONVILLE --
HUNDREDS GATHERED AT THE
CEMETERY ON MAIN STREET.
CHANNEL 4 HAS BEEN FOLLOWERING
THOSE LOCAL MARCHES THAT ARE
LIVE IN DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE.
>> OF THOSE MARCHES HAPPENING
HERE LOCALLY, THOUSANDS SHOWED
UP HERE DOWNTOWN TO MARCH FROM
THE JACKSONVILLE LANDING HERE TO
THE DUVAL COUNTY COURT HOUSE
WHICH IS ON ADAM'S STREET.
THAT IS A 15 MINUTE WALK BUT
STILL THOSE PEOPLE NEVER LOSING
THEIR MESSAGE.
>> SOME OF THE RHETORIC IN THE
LAST ELECTION HAS PEOPLE
CONCERNED THAT WE WILL TAKE A
STEP BACKWARDS AND WE WILL NOT
HAVE IT.
>> IT'S A WAY OAF SAYING WE
DON'T WANT TO LOSE A MINUTE.
WE WANT TO GET STARTED NOW.
NOW THAT THERE'S SOMEBODY NEW IN
OFFICE WHOSE VIEW IS NOT
CONSISTENT WITH OURS.
>> THE KEY FOCUS IS THE WOMAN'S
MARCH IN WASHINGTON WHICH
ORGANIZERS SAY CAN ATTRACT A
250,000 PARTICIPANTS.
THE NOVEMBER ELECTION RESULT HAS
GROWN IN TO WHAT COULD BE THE
LARGER POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS
EVER SEEN IN THE U.S. CAPITOL.
IN JACKSONVILLE, IT STARTED AT
THE EVER GREEN CEMETERY.
>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR WOMAN
AND MEN WHO SUPPORT WOMAN AND
SUPPORT WOMAN'S RIGHTS AND
RECOGNIZE THE INEQUITIES THAT
STILL EXIST IN OUR SOCIETY THAT
NEED TO BE OVERCOME TOGETHER.
>> WOMAN ALSO MARCHED AT THE
LANDING TODAY.
>> WE EMBRACE THE VALUES OF THAT
MARCH AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE
MANY SYSTEM MARCHES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
>> WE WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT FOR
PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT GET TO
WASHINGTON FOR ONE REASON OR
ANOTHER.
>> THERE WERE OVER 600 WOMAN'S
MARCHES PLANNED AROUND THE
COUNTRY TODAY.
