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| The New Paltz International Women's Day crowd at Water Street Market |
The International Women's Day March attracted over 200 women and their allies in New Paltz on Saturday, March 9. After hearing brief remarks from co-sponsoring groups, the crowd marched down Main Street to the Water Street Market and back.
It was led by the great Tin Horn Uprising brass band and striking puppets from the Redwing Blackbird Theater. The action was sponsored by New Paltz Women in Black; a group that has been standing for peace and justice in front of the Elting Library every Saturday for over 17 years! Co-sponsors included students from SUNY New Paltz and Roundout Valley High School, local Indivisibles, immigrant and racial justice groups reproductive rights activists and union and feminist organizations (a complete list is below).
The spirited and upbeat event celebrated the achievements, strength, resilience and courage of women, but it was also a call to action; for full equality and for an end to violence against women and for the eradication of racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ bigotry and discrimination against immigrants and all vulnerable and marginalized members of society. For more information write to co-organizers Donna Goodman at donna0726@earthlink.net, Barbara Upton at anahatasun@aol.com, or join them on their Facebook page- New Paltz Women in Black.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CO-SPONSORS!
United University Professions
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network
Middle East Crisis Response
A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center
End the New Jim Crow Action Network
Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson
Move Forward New York
Indivisible Ulster
Mid-Hudson Valley Amnesty International USA
Rondout Valley High School Human Rights Club
Concerned Parents New Paltz
Indivisible the Fight Is On
NYPIRG
DeFacto Community Center Project
Food Not Bombs
SUNY New Paltz International Socialist Organization
Campaign for NY Health
Mid Hudson Valley Planned Parenthood
Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Ulster Activists (U-ACT)
Women Empowered to Lead (SUNY)
AAUW KIngston
SlutPaltz
March on Hudson Valley
HV Jewish Voice for Peace
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network
Middle East Crisis Response
A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center
End the New Jim Crow Action Network
Nobody Leaves Mid-Hudson
Move Forward New York
Indivisible Ulster
Mid-Hudson Valley Amnesty International USA
Rondout Valley High School Human Rights Club
Concerned Parents New Paltz
Indivisible the Fight Is On
NYPIRG
DeFacto Community Center Project
Food Not Bombs
SUNY New Paltz International Socialist Organization
Campaign for NY Health
Mid Hudson Valley Planned Parenthood
Hudson Valley Area Labor Federation
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Ulster Activists (U-ACT)
Women Empowered to Lead (SUNY)
AAUW KIngston
SlutPaltz
March on Hudson Valley
HV Jewish Voice for Peace
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME AND SHARED THEIR POSITIVE ENERGY
AND THANK YOU TO ALL MEMBERS OF NEW PALTZ WOMEN IN BLACK
WHO HELPED ORGANIZE A TERRIFIC DAY!
photos and video by Beth Dulay and Barbara Upton
Breaking- Our excellent coverage in the New Paltz Times!
