Women’s March in Inglewood

By Maya Mackey

On Nov. 2, hundreds of people showed up at Inglewood City Hall’s South Lawn in support of women’s reproductive rights.  It was part of a nationwide march which initially began in January 2017, following the inauguration of Donald J. Trump. 

Assembly Member Tina Mckinnor wanted to raise concerns about reproductive rights this election season. 

“I’m 60 years old. I never thought that we wouldn’t have abortion rights in this country, never dreamed of it,” she said.

The event titled, “March Forward Inglewood,” was underscored by marchers holding a banner saying “We’re not going back”—a prominent theme in Democratic Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris’ campaign.  The event was followed by a post-march concert featuring EeVaan Tre and the Show.

The Women’s March aims to be a powerful political and organizing tool to protect women from government dictating what happens in their own bodies.  The march and rally brought together women and men opposed to revocation of the Roe vs. Wade decision that ended rights to abortion and other reproductive procedures like IVF in several states.  

Women’s rights activists took issue with Trump—a man with 34 felony counts, including rape—forming a majority conservative US Supreme Court that took away the right to save a mother’s life in the event of an at-risk pregnancy or terminate a pregnancy caused by incest.  

While the battle has been lost so far, the march (and fight) to certify women as legal, equal, autonomous beings in this country remains. It appears now that Trump has won a second non-consecutive term as America’s president.  The battle against the known racist and misogynist, with 6 bankruptcies and 2 impeachments—yet, still allowed to run for president—has never been more fierce. 

Amazon, Planned Parenthood, Westchester-Playa Democratic Club, Westside Activists, Black Women’s Collective,
National Association of Social Workers (California Chapter) are among the sponsors and partners.