Women's March protesters return to support Harris in run-up to Election Day

Source: Washington Post

Women’s March protesters return to support Harris in run-up to Election Day

Thousands are expected to march Saturday in Washington and across the country in support of Vice President Kamala Harris.


The Women's March in Washington on Jan. 21, 2017. (Oliver Contreras for The Washington Post)

By Karina Elwood, Emma Uber and Ellie Silverman
November 2, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. EDT

Thousands of women are expected to gather in Washington and in marches across the country in support of Vice President Kamala Harris just days before Election Day.

Rachel O’Leary Carmona, the executive director of Women’s March, said many attendees support issues including the restoration of the right to choose an abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the establishment of equal pay and federally guaranteed paid parental leave; reinstating a child tax credit that was expanded in the pandemic; and the creation of a path to citizenship.

The Women’s March movement launched in 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, when more than 1 million women poured into the District and elsewhere in what is widely considered the country’s largest single-day protest{.}

This year’s march comes days before Harris could become the nation’s first female president in her race against Trump. ...
“We felt like we needed to keep the energy up, really give us a last shot of gas in the tank before Election Day, and to bring all of us together,” O’Leary Carmona said. “In the aftermath of the election, we could be celebrating the first woman president, or we could really be in trouble, both as women and as a democracy, if it goes the wrong way.”

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By Karina Elwood
Karina Elwood is a staff writer at The Washington Post covering Virginia schools and education.follow on X @karina_elwood

By Emma Uber
Emma Uber covers crime and criminal justice in Northern Virginia.

By Ellie Silverman
Ellie Silverman covers protest movements, activism and local news. At The Post, she has also covered local crime and courts. She previously reported on retail, breaking news and general assignment stories for the Philadelphia Inquirer, her hometown paper. She graduated from the University of Maryland, where she reported for the Diamondback.follow on X esilverman11

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