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Saturday, January 20, 2018
Women's March Returns to the Streets
Dump Trump, Take Two
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:19 PM
On January 20, the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, thousands of people took to the streets of Charlotte — joined by countless others across the country — to protest the president's policies and stand up for women's rights and other intersectional issues during the second annual Women's March.
#WomensMarch2018 in #CLT https://t.co/cnNss0gyEm
— Creative Loafing (@cl_charlotte) January 20, 2018
In the two hours leading up the march, which wound its way from First Ward Park to Romare Bearden Park, a diverse group of women took the stage to address the ever-growing crowd. Speakers included Charlotte City Council representatives LaWana Mayfield and Dimple Ajmera; N.C. Rep. Carla Cunningham; Rev. Amantha Barbee of Statesville Avenue Presbyterian Church and MaryBe McMillan of the NC State AFL-CIO, among others.
In the crowd, marchers displayed their own frustration with creative signs. Creative Loafing was on hand to snap pictures of the speakers and some of our favorite signs [below]. Let us know if you saw any good ones that we missed.
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