The Womxn’s March on Seattle will travel from the Central District’s Judkins Park to the Seattle Center on Saturday, January 21st to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump, organizers have announced. It will be part of a week of demonstrations and protests large and small, and “actions” meaningful and just for fun.
While the start and end points hadn’t been announced, Seattle’s big weekend march has been in the works for weeks and thousands have said they plan to attend in solidarity with large marches planned in Washington D.C. and in cities across the country. In Seattle, organizers say the “Womxn’s” spelling is meant “to promote intersectionality in our movement” and “takes into account the impact of discrimination based not only on gender but also race, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, faith, class, disability, and other backgrounds.”
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The Saturday march is being planned as a silent protest. “Marchers will rely on large numbers and powerful signage to speak more loudly than any individuals ever could,” organizers say.
Seattle women, womxn, and those who love them have been preparing with sign making and pussyhat knitting.
UPDATE 1/18/17: The city has posted route details for the week’s marches. Here are the details for Saturday:
Rally at Judkins Park followed by a march to Seattle Center beginning at 11am. From 20th Ave S and S Weller St, the route heads north on 20th Ave S, west on S Jackson St, north on 4th Ave, west on Denny Way, and north on 2nd Ave N into Seattle Center.
About 30,000 people are expected to attend, according to officials.
CHS also found many at work preparing this past weekend at a town hall organized by District 3 representative Kshama Sawant as she raises support for the planned Socialist Alternative-backed protest starting at Westlake Friday night. “We don’t have a moment to waste in getting organized against Trump’s racist, misogynistic, anti-immigrant, anti-muslim, anti-lgbtq rhetoric, proposals, and cabinet members,” Sawant’s rallying cry reads.
“Join the Resist Trump Coalition and my office at City Hall to help build the biggest possible protests against Trump on January 20th and 21st.”
This past Saturday’s town hall included a session on training — “The Basics of Organizing a Protest” — and workshops on legal rights and postering and outreach.
Meanwhile, a planned student walkout set for Friday afternoon is expected to include a rally at Seattle Central.
There will also be a few opportunities on Capitol Hill to blow off some steam. 15th Ave E’s Hopvine is holding a Beer Trumps Hate anti-inauguration party.
More inauguration and #resisttrump events from around Capitol Hill are below. Let us know what we’re missing.
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