To My Sisters Everywhere, Part 2

You came from all over, from large towns and small, from coastal cities and the Heartland. You paid your way, organized buses, made signs. You were black, white, latinx, gay, straight, cis, trans, immigrant, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, atheist, old, young, rich, poor, and everything in between. You swarmed our nation's capital and were the heart of the largest protest in United States history.

And if you couldn't make it? You created your own marches: New Orleans, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Boise, Anchorage, Omaha, St. Louis, Little Rock, Sioux Falls, London, Paris, and so, so many more cities around the world, large and small, made their voices heard. The latest numbers have put the worldwide totals at around 4 million participants.

In the words of Janelle Monae, we won't be hidden anymore. Those in power MUST be held accountable; they cannot be allowed to destroy decades of hard-earned progress. There's too much at stake: health care, education, climate change, LGBTQ+ rights, free speech, our national parks. The list goes on and on.

So thank you to everyone who spoke out, whether you could attend a march in person or if you had to participate vicariously. Thank you to the allies who came out to lend their support to our struggle.

But especially, thank you to my sisters of color: you have been the unacknowledged backbone of resistance movements from the beginning. You have literally put your hearts, minds, and bodies at risk so many times for all of us; yet as a whole, we white women have let you down time and time again. We have not stood by you as we should, and the debt of gratitude we owe you is immense. I only hope that what started yesterday is a seed change toward intersectionality in all of the issues that affect us.

Don't let this be the end. As I said a few days after the election: Read. Learn. Listen. Make art. Consume art. Organize. Protest. Volunteer. Donate. Refuse to back down. Keep fighting.