From The
Idiot Factor:
Saturday, my wife, Cam Gentry and I went to the Women’s
March, 2020, here in Wichita .
The theme was “The Time is Now.” I went to this same march last year and it had
been much longer. However last year it was much colder. January is a cold month
to march in. Cam and I didn’t march anyway.
She has health problems so we both just stayed at the Wave, a bar type facility that this event
was held at.
There were many good signs the marchers carried. My favorite
was some balloons that looked like President Donald Trump as a big baby. How
appropriate was that? (VERY appropriate!)
Martha Pint an Investigator at US Department of Labor, said
that Many women, in history, were left behind, such as black women and Native
American Indian Women. In general she said women of minority status had their
own struggles outside of just being women.
Melody Miller, who serves on the Executive Board of Center
for Health and Wellness, the Advisory Board for Wichita Children's Home, and
the Grant Chapel A.M.E. Steward Board, talked about statistics on women who die
in child birth. She pointed out that we live in the richest country in the
world and yet, sadly, about
700 women die each year in the United States as a result of
pregnancy or delivery complications. It is higher for minority women, such as
African American women.
Amanda Meyer, of the family crisis center, talked about domestic
violence.
“We put women in
hotels,” she said as she talked about women who are victims of domestic
violence.
“Everyone has empowerment to change,” she added. She said it
is important that people do not tolerate domestic violence.
This event showed the power of women and the positive
influence they can have on our politics. An important theme was that “we are
done living in a misogyny oriented world.”
I have to love this. There is nothing more fitting than a balloon that looks like President Donald Trump as a big baby!
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