Thousands of turned out for the rally at Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and a march from the National Mall to Lafayette Park. One year after millions of people took to the streets in what became the largest single-day protest in the history of America, the Women's March returned, reignited by movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp, as well as the fight to protect DACA and immigrants' rights.
Here are some emotional speeches:
Viola Davis, Los Angeles
"Every single day, your job as an American citizen is not just to fight for your rights, but it is to fight for the right of every individual that is taking a breath, whose heart is pumping and breathing on this earth. I am speaking today not just for the 'Me Toos,' because I was a 'Me Too,' but when I raise my hand, I am aware of all the women who are still in silence. The women who are faceless. The women who don't have the money and don't have the constitution and who don't have the confidence and who don't have the images in our media that gives them a sense of self-worth enough to break their silence that is rooted in the shame of assault and rooted in the stigma of assault."
Whoopi Goldberg, New York City
"The only way we're going to make a change is if we commit to change. We have to decide that the people who represent us have to represent all of us. They can't represent some of us. We're all human beings and have a right to say, 'This is how I want to be spoken to. I don't want to be spoken to like you own me, like you think you can touch me when I say you cannot.' We are here to say—as women—we're not taking it anymore. It's just not going to happen."
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