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Updates: Two NYC Women's Marches & Non-March for Disabled Women

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Updates: Two NYC Women's Marches & Non-March for Disabled Women

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NYC's Feminist Take Over - 3 events

A brief background on the 2 marches:
"Everything you need to know about NYC's two Women's March events"
https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/womens-march-on-new-york-city-2019

"March with one of them. But march." - Gloria Steinem

Women's March on NYC hosted by the organizers of the 2017 & 2018 Women's March on NYC, Women's March Alliance
1/19, Sat. at 11am 72nd St. and Columbus
https://womensmarchalliance.org
https://www.facebook.com/womensmarchnyc

Main March Entrance - Columbus Avenue & 72nd Street
Entrance for Disabled Marchers, Press and Volunteers - 61st Street between Central Park West and Broadway
Additional Entrances For Overflow Marchers - On Columbus Avenue at either 77th or 86th Streets.
Subway: 72nd and Broadway or Columbus Circle stops. The 72nd and Central Park West stop will not be open.
March Kick Off Area: 62nd Street & Central Park West. There is no entrance at this location. You must begin the march at the main entrance or at one of the additional entrance locations.
March Exits - Only at 44th & 45th streets on both sides of 6th Avenue

Women’s March NYC and the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC)'s 2019 Women's Unity Rally
1/19 Sat. at 10 AM - 2 PM
Foley Square, 111 Worth St., NYC
https://www.facebook.com/NYCWM

The Women’s Unity Rally in NYC will highlight the leadership of Black women, immigrant women and women of color as part of the national #WomensWave, and in response to the Trump Administration’s continued assault on immigrant communities and communities of color.

Speakers: Icon, GLORIA STEINEM is a writer, speaker, activist and feminist organizer. Co-founded New York Magazine and Ms. Magazine, where she remains a consulting editor. She also co-founded and serves on the boards of the Women's Media Center, Equality Now, Donor Direct Action, and the Advisory Board of Apne Aap. She is an advisor to TIME'S UP, part of a global movement against sexual harassment and violence. In 2013, President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. She lives in New York City.

STACEYANN CHIN is a spoken-word poet, performing artist & LGBT rights political activist. She recently authored of The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir and starred in the one woman play Motherstruck directed by Cynthia Nixon, produced by Rosie O'Donnell. Chin co-wrote the Tony-nominated Def Poetry Jam on Broadway & performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe and on Howard Zinn’s The People Speak. She has a new book coming in the fall of 2019. Follow @StaceyannChin

Non-March for Disabled Women, co-sponsored by Women’s March NYC (the local chapter of the national movement) and Rise and Resist, an action group formed in response to the 2016 election. This event “was formed out of the need to highlight the concerns of disabled women and trans and non-binary folk.” In solidarity with the Foley Square march, this event goes from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 19 and will be located at the clock in Grand Central Station.

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