#Resist - Mobile Story 1

#Resist by Des Roundtree

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Resist – verb.

Definition – to withstand the action or effects of.

I have always been an outspoken individual – unfortunately this has made me many friends and has lost me just as much.  I am a believer – in the rights of others in this country, as well as my own.  As a mother, I find Women’s Rights, and the perceived assault on them by this administration to not only be startling, but also eye opening.  As women struggle to earn the same as men, to be treated fairly and equitably, and to have choices when it comes to their bodies – my need to be vocal came to sound like a deafening scream trapped in my head.

I couldn’t stay quiet anymore.  I just couldn’t.

We marched, across the United States of America, and in other countries too.  We marched, to show everyone that we wouldn’t stand for it any longer.  We marched because we are stronger together and there really is strength in numbers. 

We are still marching.  Women and men who believe in each other, in the promise of America and the dream it offered to our ancestors, and their ancestors as well.  We still marching for immigrants and refugees, who have struggled to get to our shores with the hopes of making a new and better life for themselves.  We still march for our grandmothers, our daughters, our sisters.

We march.  We resist.  

This is our fight, our battle, our movement.