Orange County’s Women’s March Focuses on Voting, Social Issues
OC Womens March
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More than 11,000 demonstrators came out to the fourth annual Orange County Women’s March.
Petrie-Norris: The Women’s March, the Power of Sisterhood
Opinion
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Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris from Laguna Beach writes that the first Women’s March helped turn anger into action reinforcing our common interest and sisterhood.
Schnelle: Marching for Dignity, Decency and Respect for All
Opinion
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Betha Schnelle, COO of Planned Parenthood, stresses that all people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, the cornerstone of the OC Women’s March.
Valencia: The Women’s March to End Sexism
Opinion
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Beatriz “Betty” Valencia, Vice President of Operations, Business & Finance, Central Vice-Chair of the Democratic Party of OC, community organizer, author and motivational speaker writes that sexism is a cancer in our society that oppresses all of us.
Keefe: Why I’ll March
Opinion
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Catherine Keefe, poet, essayist and story coach writes that she will march so that her body will be counted in the name of all that is just.
Dunnell: Stand Up, March for the Movement
Opinion
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Kaelyn Dunnell, a local San Juan Capistrano teenager, writes that the Women’s March provides motivation, inspiration and encouragement; a place where you can find your voice.
Adelekan: We Must March to Make Our Voices Heard
Opinion
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Dr. Patricia Adelekan, CEO and Founder of Youth on the Move, writes that she will be marching at the Orange County Women’s March on January 18th, 2020 for the same reasons she participated in the March on Washington in 1963: Unity, Justice, Fairness, Equality, Jobs, Freedom, and Agape love for all mankind
Orange County Women’s March Represents Local Objectives, Voices
Countywide
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The Orange County Women’s March rallied together close to 15,000 women and supporters in Santa Ana to denounce hate in a gathering that is “distinctly independent” of the national organization Women’s March, Inc.
Briceño: Why We March
Opinion
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Marching is as American as Apple pie, writes Ada Briceño, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 in Orange County, noting the variety of causes she’ll be supporting by marching with thousands of others in Santa Ana on Jan. 20 for the annual Women’s March.
Briceño: Women’s Rights, Front and Center in OC
Community Opinion
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Ada Briceño, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 in Orange County, writes that the #MeToo movement has put a new focus on the upcoming Women’s March in Santa Ana on Saturday, Jan. 20.