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Mothers March for Women’s Rights -- local report LA
Approximately 150 demonstrators marched down Wilshire Boulevard from Shatto Place to MacArthur Park on March 13 as part of the “Mothers March & Speak Out”. The event was designed to call attention to struggles women face around the world, and the contributions mothers make in society.
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Los Angeles Mothers' March & Speak Out
On Saturday, March 13, about 150 mothers, grandmothers, women who are not mothers, children, and men, came out for the Mothers March and Speak Out in Los Angeles. This was an International Women’s Day event called by the Global Women’s Strike and Women of Color/GWS, under the banner Mothers Count – Count Mothers Work! with many placards Fund Mothers Not War. Led by women and the Aztec Dancers, they marched down Wilshire Blvd from Shatto Place to speak out in front of the Department of Children and Family Services and in MacArthur Park.
Mothers March Los Angeles Leaflet
Make our voices heard on * anti-mother, anti-caregiver policies * criminalizing poverty * racism *war and occupation * housing * welfare * valuing and payment for caring work* pay equity * children unjustly taken from mothers by LA County *justice for victims of South LA serial murders * California budget cuts *UC & Cal State fee increases* immigration policies that break up families *prostitution & other struggles for survival * the right to home care by those of us who are older &/or have a disability * healthcare *rape & violence * breastfeeding * childcare * lesbian/gay/
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