NEWS

Women's March launches 10 actions for first 100 days

Kristen Jordan Shamus
Detroit Free Press

They were women determined, packing buses headed to the nation's capital, filling flights from the West Coast to the East, piling into cars and vans trying to get to Saturday's Women's March on Washington.

Marchers make their way to the Women's March on Washington Saturday Jan. 21, 2017.

Around the world, millions marched with pink hats on their heads in cities from Lansing to Los Angeles, London, Paris, Detroit, Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids to make their voices heard on a myriad of causes: women's rights, reproductive rights, ending gender-based violence, reproductive rights and women’s health, LGBTQIA rights, worker’s rights, civil rights, immigrant rights, religious freedom and environmental justice.

That determination hasn't dissipated now that the Women's March on Washington has passed.

On the Women's March on Washington website Sunday, event organizers unveiled  the "10 Actions for the first 100 Days" campaign, an effort to keep those who supported the march focused on joint activism.

"Now is not the time to hang up our marching shoes," the Women's March posted. "It’s time to get our friends, family and community together and make history. That’s why we’re launching a new campaign: 10 Actions for the first 100 Days."

The first action suggests that women write postcards to their senators, to make it clear where they stand on the issues that matter most to them, such as health care, LGBTQ rights, immigration, or civil rights, or any issue.

Organizers have download-able versions of the postcards online that can be printed off from  home computers. They also urge marchers to take photos of their cards, and post them on social media with the hashtag, #WhyIMarch.

A new action item is to be unveiled every 10 days of the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency.

For more information visit www.womensmarch.com.