BACK TO YOU.
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BACK HOME IN WEST
MICHIGAN--MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE
MARCHED PEACEFULLY THROUGH THE
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN GRAND
RAPIDS. 24 HOUR NEWS 8'S
LYNSEY MUKOMEL WAS THERE
FOLLOWING THIS MORNING'S
MARCH.
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LOOK LIVE: EVEN BEFORE THE
EVENTS STARTED ACROSS MICHIGAN
TODAY -- MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
MARCHED IN SOLIDARITY ACROSS
THE GLOBE AT SISTER WOMEN'S
MARCHES. FOUNTAIN STREET
CHURCH IN GRAND RAPIDS SENT
280 PEOPLE TO WASHINGTON D-C
YESTERDAY -- AND HOSTED
HUNDREDS MORE TODAY.NATS
JANUARY 21ST 2017 MARKS THE
DAY MILLIONS MARCHED AROUND
THE WORLD FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
FROM PARIS -- TO WASHINGTON
DC. AND RIGHT HERE
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IN WEST MICHIGAN. NATS WHAT
STARTED AS A SOLIDARITY EVENT
AT FOUNTAIN STREET CHURCH
QUICKLY TURNED INTO A PEACEFUL
MARCH TO ROSA PARKS CIRCLE IN
GRAND RAPIDS.
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2518 I THINK WE HAVE TO STAND
UP AND I THINK WE HAVE TO
START DOING IT NOW AND I'M
REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE TURN
OUT HERE IT'S HUGE AND IT'S
SPONTANEOUS.
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0632 WE THOUGHT MAYBE 200
PEOPLE WOULD COME AND WATCH A
STREAMED MARCH SOME LIVE CHECK
INS BUT REALLY 47 AND THAT
QUICKLY MUSHROOMED OUT OF THAT
TO THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE
TODAY
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THE CHURCH HOSTED THOUSANDS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR
LISTENING TO SPEAKERS AND
SHARING SIGNS. THOSE WHO
WANTED TO GET VOCAL DECIDED TO
MARCH. MORE NATS. 2418 AS A
WHITE MAN FOR SURE BUT ALSO AS
A FATHER AND ALSO AS A
GRANDSON MY GRANDMA AND GREAT
GRAMMA WERE ORGANIZERS FOR
DEMONSTRATIONS A CENTURY AGO
DEMONSTRATING FOR WOMEN'S
SUFFRAGE SO IN THEIR MEMORY
AND ON BEHALF OF MY DAUGHTER
I'M HERE TODAY TO OFFER MY
SUPPORT LOOK LIVE TAG: IN
TOTAL AN ESTIMATED
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400 WEST MICHIGAN WOMEN
TRAVELED TO D-C YESTERDAY FOR
TODAY'S MARCH.WE SPOKE TO SOME
OF THEM BEFORE THEY LEFT..
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