Across the metro area this weekend, people planning to march for women in Washington or Atlanta on Saturday, Jan. 21, are making signs and knitting pink caps. Both marches were organized in response to Donald Trump’s election and our of concern rights of minorities and women could suffer setbacks under the new administration.
A sign-making event this weekend in DeKalb is expected to draw 75 to 100 people marching in the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women. Yarn stores are reporting a run on pink yarn as prospective marchers respond to the Pussyhat Project to knit their protest statement and wear it on their heads.
Scheduled for the day after Trump's inauguration, the Atlanta event is among more than 280 regional and international events planned in conjunction with the massive Women's March on Washington, occurring on the same day. In Atlanta, 6,500 have committed to march via the march's Facebook page, while 12,000 have expressed interest. Among the speakers are former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin; U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson; Luma Mufleh, the CEO and coach at Fugees Family; and Staci Fox, the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast Inc.
"At the end of the day, we are hoping for 10,000 to 20,000," said Janel Green, one of the six organizers brought together through the pro-Clinton Pantsuit Nation Facebook hub.
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