11-03-2024 4:57pm

Women Marched Saturday from Alamogordo, Las Cruces to Washington DC

Chris Edwards Editor

Thousands of women have rallied in Washington, DC on Saturday in support of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and reproductive rights. The women's march was not just exclusive to Washington DC but held in multiple cities and small towns across the United States. But Women’s March to the White House also held a rally Saturday Nov. 2, 2024 at 10 am to noon on the corner of White Sands Boulevard and 10th Street in Alamogordo. The event locally was organized by local activist Shari Adkisson. Both men and women joined in solidarity for womens rights which are at risk this election.

The response in Alamogordo was overall positive with honks of support and thumbs up from passersby on 10th and White Sands Blvd.

A similar events was held in Las Cruces, Silver, Hobbs, Santa Fe, Albuquerque and many cities and towns in between not only in New Mexico but across the nation.

With the dome of the US Capitol as the backdrop, speakers at Freedom Plaza whipped up support for 60-year-old Harris in DC with thousands of supporters.

“We’re not going back!” the crowd chanted, repeating one of Harris’s campaign slogans and similar chants were heard in large cities and small towns from across the nation. With thousands of participants spread out across hundreds of towns and cities across the United States the crowds varied from 5 or 10 to thousands and when compounded by the multiple events the message was clear, women's reproductive rights are on the top of mind for voters across the nation.

“We will never stop fighting for what matters to women and our communities,” Shati Adkisson has repeated on many occasions.

The first Women’s March to the White Hose was held Jan. 21, 2017, to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States, Adkisson noted.

“Many thousands of women marched on that day in protest across the nation and the world,” she said. “It was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. The organization still exists today.”

Whatever your thoughts or political leanings get out and vote on Tuesday.