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There is so much to say about my Women\u2019s March on Washington experience.\xa0I want to share my story.\xa0I want to share the global impact of this movement.\xa0I want to tell you what it was like to spend 8 hours with over 1 million marchers.\xa0I want to capture it perfectly for you.\xa0\n\xa0\nBut I cannot.\xa0\n\xa0\nIt was so big and so impactful, I can\u2019t find all the words.\xa0And you know I\u2019m not one to be at a loss for words\u2026\n\xa0\nBecause I\u2019m still feeling totally overwhelmed by the magnitude of this event a week later, I asked a few of my March friends to help me explain what it was like to March on Washington.\xa0\n\xa0\nListen in to hear the most memorable moments of the day from 4 of my friends \u2013 and some of the raddest women I know.\xa0\n\xa0\nListen in to hear how the logistics of the day played out, from getting off a red eye, to not peeing all day, to marching with Macklemore, to making friends with Trump supporters.\xa0\n\xa0\nThen keep listening.\n\xa0\nHear about the haters I\u2019ve encountered this week \u2013 the comments and conversations I saw online, and continue to see:\n\xa0\n\u201cI don\u2019t really get it.\xa0Women already have the same rights as men.\u201d\n\xa0\n\u201cI don\u2019t see how this movement is helping anything.\u201d\n\xa0\n\u201cFrom the news coverage, I just saw a lot of angry women who didn\u2019t have a unifying theme/message.\xa0It didn\u2019t even make sense.\u201d\n\xa0\n\u201cI know a lot of really successful women.\xa0No one\u2019s holding women back.\u201d\n\xa0\nI\u2019ll tell you what I told the haters \u2013 and hopefully you\u2019ll find it useful information that you can share with any haters you encounter.\xa0\n\xa0\nFrom where I sit, I see the largest movement of global solidarity ever.\xa0I see action.\xa0I see power.\xa0I see hope.\xa0\n\xa0\n**Special thanks and huge hugs to my friends Dana, Beth, Angela and Christine who shared their March perspectives in this episode.\xa0And thanks to Angela for letting me march with your sign.**\n\xa0\nI will not normalize the behavior of this president.\xa0\n\xa0\nLinks Mentioned:\nArticle: Racial Gender Wage Gap Persists in US Despite Some Progress\n6 year old Sophie Cruz\u2019s speech on YouTube\nMy March pics on The SMA Facebook page\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices