About the Project: We’re Still Marching
The Women’s March was wildly successful — with record-breaking crowds, zero arrests, and an estimated 673 sister marches. We are proud to have marched with our sisters and brothers the world over — from Washington D.C. to the Antarctic Peninsula!
And although the Women’s March is over, the marching has not stopped!
We have been energized and inspired by the magnificently widespread and diverse resistance to the Trump administration that has sprung up across the nation and the world — even in Republican strongholds like our own home state of Texas.
Texas is a deep red state with a wild, wild heart that sits at the epicenter of many of the battles that are being fought — at state houses, in courtrooms, and on the streets — over health care; the environment; reproductive rights; voting rights; school voucher programs; and the rights of transgender and brown people, Muslim Americans, and undocumented immigrants. In fact, the political landscape of Texas seems to reflect and sometimes distort and exaggerate — funhouse-mirror-style — national politics. Nowhere will the resistance have to fight harder or will victory taste sweeter than in the Lone Star State.
For these reasons and because we have boots on the ground here, we have decided to hone in on the resistance movement as it develops — fight by fight, vote by vote, and step by marching step — in Texas.
Please join us for stories of the many creative and courageous ways ordinary Texans resist and for news and updates from the field about marches, hearings, rallies, protests, town halls, and other resistance efforts.
You can help us by telling us your stories, by sending us news and media about local events across Texas, and by sharing stories and information with your networks. Please help us spread the word, and stay tuned for stories from Why Are You Marching, Texas?
Email us at whyareyoumarching@gmail.com. Follow us on Medium and Twitter (@YRUMarching2017).
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