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Natalie Dean | Freelancer<\/span><\/p>\n The 2018 Womxn\u2019s March took place on Jan. 21 in the heart of Salem with the area surrounded by all walks of life. There were men, women, children and dogs pressed close together to support women\u2019s rights and have a frank conversation of the continuous oppression of minority groups.<\/span><\/p>\n The choice to name it the Womxn\u2019s March was a conscious one. After the 2017 Women\u2019s March, many community members felt that it wasn\u2019t inclusive to minority groups. By renaming it the Womxn\u2019s March, it encompasses the full spectrum of women everywhere; those who identify as queer women, trans women and women of color.<\/span><\/p>\n The men that participated stood in support of their sisters, mothers, wives and daughters who have faced oppression. Signs were held by many, sending direct messages to those in power. Some reading, \u201cListen to me as I stand,\u201d and \u201cBeware; for I am fearless and therefore powerful.\u201d There were little girls with their own homemade signs, some dressed as the Statue of Liberty, Rosie the Riveter and Wonder Woma<\/span>n.<\/span><\/p>\n Sophomore Jamie Norr was among the hundreds marching in Salem. \u201cThe Womxn’s March this weekend was humbling,\u201d Norr reflected. \u201cThere were so many people who just wanted peace and equality and it was amazing to be a part of something so positive and impactful \u2026 \u00a0In our country’s current state, women, people of color, the LGBTQA+ community, and so many others are discriminated against and having our voice out there, loud and proud, is the only way to end all this hate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n During the event, emcee LeAnna Thornton asked everyone in the crowd to participate in an exercise. She spoke, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of hurt and shame and guilt around sexual assault. We\u2019re asking everyone to raise their hands if you can say, \u2018me too.\u2019 And to look around at the faces of those who have experienced an assault or harassment, and to not be ashamed. To let the guilt, and the pain, let it go. Work through it. Heal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Then, with knitted pink hats and signs in hand, they marched.<\/span><\/p>\n Contact the author at ndean17@wou.edu<\/span><\/p>\n Photo by: OPB.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Natalie Dean | Freelancer The 2018 Womxn\u2019s March took place on Jan. 21 in the heart of Salem with the area surrounded by all walks of life. There were men, women, children and dogs pressed close together to support women\u2019s rights and have a frank conversation of the continuous oppression of minority groups. The choice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1030,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}