Reflections on the Women’s March from the APC/GSWS Community

Reflections on the Women’s March from the APC/GSWS Community

Feminist Apprenticeship, Wendy Grube, Practice Associate Professor; Interim Director, Center for Global Women’s Health; Director, Women’s Health Gender-Related Nurse Practitioner Program; GSWS Affiliated Faculty

The very air around The Women’s March in Philadelphia was different. It vibrated with excitement, as generations of women gathered together wearing pink hats and carrying signs that said things like “Love Trumps Hate” and “Girls just want to have fun…damental rights”. 

An Inspiring Experience, Demie Kurz, Co-Director, GSWS/APC

Going to the Women’s March in D.C. was an inspiring experience for me. Since the presidential election I continue to wake up in the morning fearful for our country. While remaining deeply concerned, since going to the march I have more hope.

A Self-Reflective March, Rachel Stonecipher, Doctoral Student, Annenberg School for Communication; GSWS Certificate Student

My partner and I had arrived at a nearby coffee shop south of the march, a half-hour before, to gather with other students from my grad program. It was chilly outside, and the atmosphere on the street matched the steeliness of the air. 

Not Just For a Day, Anne Teitelman, Associate Professor, Nursing & OB/GYN (Med); Term Chair in Women’s Global Health; APC/GSWS Executive Board Member

I felt moved to join the Women’s March in Philadelphia on Jan 21st as a way to express my disapproval about many of Trump’s policies and the impact they will have on women and many others in our communities here in the US and around world.  I remember as a teenager, growing up in Chicago, when abortions were illegal.