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Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World
Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes at the Protest Heard Around the World | The Women's March Organizers
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WITH ESSAYS BY: ROWAN BLANCHARD - SENATOR TAMMY DUCKWORTH - AMERICA FERRERA - ROXANE GAY - ILANA GLAZER - ASHLEY JUDD - VALARIE KAUR - CINDI LEIVE - DAVID REMNICK - JILL SOLOWAY - YARA SHAHIDI - JIA TOLENTINO - CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS - ELAINE WELTEROTH - JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS - AND MOREIn celebration of the one-year anniversary of Women's March, this gorgeously designed full-color book offers an unprecedented, front-row seat to one of the most galvanizing movements in American history, with exclusive interviews with Women's March organizers, never-before-seen photographs, and essays by feminist activists.On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald J. Trump's inauguration, more than three million marchers of all ages and walks of life took to the streets as part of the largest protest in American history. In red states and blue states, in small towns and major urban centers, from Boise to Boston, Bangkok to Buenos Aires, people from eighty-two countries--on all seven continents--rose up in solidarity to voice a common message: Hear our voice.It became the largest global protest in modern history.Compiled by Women's March organizers, in partnership with Conde Nast and Glamour magazine Editor in Chief Cindi Leive, Together We Rise--published for the one-year anniversary of the event--is the complete chronicle of this remarkable uprising. For the first time, Women's March organizers--including Bob Bland, Cassady Fendlay, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Janaye Ingram, Tamika Mallory, Paola Mendoza, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour --tell their personal stories and reflect on their collective journey in an oral history written by Jamia Wilson, writer, activist and director of The Feminist Press. They provide an inside look at how the idea for the event originated, how it was organized, how it became a global movement that surpassed their wildest expectations, and how they are sustaining and building on the widespread outrage, passion, and determination that sparked it. Together We Rise interweaves their stories with "Voices from the March"--recollections from real women who were there, across the world--plus exclusive images by top photographers, and 22 short, thought-provoking essays by esteemed writers, celebrities and artists including Rowan Blanchard, Senator Tammy Duckworth, America Ferrera, Roxane Gay, Ilana Glazer, Ashley Judd, Valarie Kaur, David Remnick, Yara Shahidi, Jill Soloway, Jia Tolentino, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and Elaine Welteroth. An inspirational call to action that reminds us that together, ordinary people can make a difference, Together We Rise is an unprecedented look at a day that made history--and the beginning of a resistance movement to reclaim our future. Women's March will share proceeds from Together We Rise with three grassroots, women-led organizations: The Gathering for Justice, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, and Indigenous Women Rise.
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BookishMarginalia
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Speaking of censorship... et tu, National Archives? For an exhibit featuring the 2017 Women‘s March, the Archives blurred photos of signs critical of Trump, as well as mentions to women‘s anatomy...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-archives-exhibit-blurs-images-crit...

BkClubCare Enraging 5y
Jas16 Wtf 5y
That-Bookish-Hiker Not cool. 5y
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KatieDid927 Monstrous 5y
Butterfinger So we have finally gotten to the point where we hide and deny freedom of speech. 5y
Hoopiefoot So upsetting. 5y
ravenlee What a load of BS. 😡 5y
Prairiegirl_reading That is just disgusting. 😡 5y
Come-read-with-me Censorship at its‘ finest 🤬 5y
Bookzombie 🤬🤬🤬 5y
Bette Saw this in the paper today ... Erasing facts is like a fungus under this WH 😤 5y
Suet624 Unbelievable. And yet so believable. 5y
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Amiable
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Holding down the fort here at the clinics while some of the other volunteers and staff attend the Women's March in DC. I'm not down there in person, but I'm with you all in spirit!

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Weaponxgirl You go! Thanks for doing this! 6y
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Samplergal Excellent!! Thank you!! 6y
kspenmoll Hooray! Appreciate your efforts. ✊🏻👍🏻💜💙💚💛❤️ 6y
MelissaSue81 Thank you!!! 6y
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CarolynM ✊ Good for you! This is such an important issue. The political assaults on the provision of contraception make me so angry. 6y
Amiable @CarolynM Exactly! That's the part that makes me especially angry. If you don't believe in abortion, why wouldn't you want to support an organization that provides birth control--that will help prevent abortions? That would seem to be a no-brainer. 🙄 (edited) 6y
CarolynM Indeed. Same goes for proper sex education. 6y
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#bookhaul from Second Flight Books #smallbusinesssaturday I discovered it passing through Lafayette, Indiana and even got 15% off by showing I had bought a few yummy truffles next door at Richelle in a Handbasket! #shopsmall Ooh, and a free tote, too! Tagged book is for my daughter to remember her day at the #womensmarch and pass on to her daughter someday and say "This is how it all started back in the day."

Talewaggingreads All that's missing is a bottle of a good red.❤🍫🍷📚 Haha! Good red/good read! 6y
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Monday night #reading - Together We Rise, looking st the Genesis, organisation, reality and aftermath of the Women‘s March last year.

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LibrarianRyan
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Today's protest/call to action at the Capitol.

Urging congress to pass the ERA. (Equal rights amendment). They had some fantastic speakers.

Last week was the NRA. Once June hits we get about one a day. Even if congress is out of session.

Karkar When I was there a year or so ago, the protesters for banning circumcising. I thought wow there really is something for everyone. 7y
LibrarianRyan @Karkar were you at National or Illinois. Illinois is one of 3 or four capitols built in the style of federal congress and it gets used all the time for films. The number of protests and rally's at the Illinois state Capitol is amazing. This one was smaller than I thought it would be. But some!!! The union rally's take blocks. 7y
Karkar @LibrarianRyan National....I find it interesting to see what different people support. Except I was not too keen for talking to the circumcising group. 😮 7y
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Found my favorite display at Barnes and Nobel. And I definitely added all of the ones I didn‘t buy to my TBR 😍

Reviewsbylola Ooooh I need to get my hands on Bygone Badass Broads! 7y
Reviewsbylola Also this display rocks!! 7y
mrozzz So good! 7y
DogEaredBooks @Reviewsbylola I bought that one and it‘s so good! 52 one or two page stories of awesome badass women from history- what‘s not to love. Highly recommend! 7y
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Sometimes reading comes second. #marchforourlives

somebooksaround 👏👏👏💪💪 yes!! 7y
mrozzz 🙌🏻👏🏻✊🏻 7y
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Betty
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Great book published one year after the Women's March. Many photos, essays, and personal stories. My favorite was the essay "The Roar" by Ashley Judd remembering her reciting the poem "I Am a Nasty Woman"

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Pickpick

This is one book worth listening to. The organizers themselves read it and it lends to a sense of intimacy that merely reading it would have lacked.

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DogEaredBooks
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Just saw this and it looks really interesting. Any one else interested or has read this?

RebelReader Looks very interesting to me. Didn't even knew it existed 7y
Emilyrjones22 Definitely planning on checking it out. 7y
DogEaredBooks @RebelReader me either! I just happened upon got on instagram, but it looks good. 7y
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DogEaredBooks @Emilyrjones22 let me know what you think when you get it! 7y
CaliforniaCay Never heard of it but I'm definitely interested. I was so happy I got a chance to go to the march last year and I'm looking forward to attending again this year - it's actually next week! 7y
PandaPanda Hey! Did you ever get your #readersgonnaread from me? Just worrying it got lost! 7y
DogEaredBooks @PandaPanda I did! I‘m sorry I forgot to tell you! And thank you for that bookmark! 7y
PandaPanda @DogEaredBooks of course no problem just happy it got there safe! 7y
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