As hundreds of thousands gather in Washington DC today the Bay Area is host to multiple Women’s March protests against the new President, Donald Trump. We’ll use this blog to keep you all updated about what’s going on around the Bay today.
2.14pm We’re live streaming from Oscar Grant plaza in Oakland on our Facebook page. Yuge march.
EARLIER
At 4am this morning a group of local community activists entered Marcus Garvey Park to begin erecting homes for the homeless. By noon the first home was erected and an unhoused person moved in.
BREAKING: Oakland community members are reclaiming public land to ensure #HomesforAll #Ungovernable pic.twitter.com/aN1iT2wlob
— #Asians4BlackLives (@Asians4BlkLives) January 21, 2017
In downtown Oakland crowds started to gather at at 8am for the women’s march.
Hundreds of people in Madison Park right now for #Oakland's #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/xgs9Rohh48
— Sarah Ravani (@SarRavani) January 21, 2017
By noon tens of thousands (according to Oakland Police Department the unofficial number is 60,000) had gathered in Oakland for the women’s march.
This #WomensMarch in Oakland is endless. pic.twitter.com/jhRpaa69CS
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) January 21, 2017
Former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan shared a festive video of people dancing in the streets as they waited for the women’s march to start.
MadisonPark Full. Dancing in the street, waiting for #WomensMarch to start in #Oakland #weloveoakland #resisttrump pic.twitter.com/QwbtPNC3Gz
— Jean Quan (@jeanquan) January 21, 2017
Another view of the Oakland march:
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This is the best fucking parade I have ever seen. #WomensMarch #Oakland pic.twitter.com/NuKnTEBcMW
— Susan Ito (@thesusanito) January 21, 2017
"Do the KKK to speak on behalf of all Christians?" Crowd: "NO!!!" "We don't allow ISIS to speak on behalf of all Muslims" #oakland
— Sana Saleem (@sanasaleem) January 21, 2017
The San Francisco Women’s march is scheduled to begin at 3pm. One of the Bay Area’s best assets for documenting grassroots organization, Indybay.org, has the details on their calendar. Beginning at 3pm at Civic Center, followed by 5:00-8:00 Candlelight march To Justin Hermann Plaza.
The #WomensMarchSF right now pic.twitter.com/uq2wo0TGpz
— Sana Saleem (@sanasaleem) January 21, 2017
Our initial estimate is over 100,000 people joined the Women’s March in San Francisco despite heavy rain and cold.
“We marched in 1972 & we still don’t have it: we want true equal pay & true equal citizenship” #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/hyn4As1oM2
— 48 Hills (@48hills) January 22, 2017
“We are going to be on the front lines for the next four years” #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/aChPE506Ug
— 48 Hills (@48hills) January 22, 2017
“Democracy works when you don’t take it for granted so we are here not taking it for granted” #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/Qx6E7H2scy
— 48 Hills (@48hills) January 22, 2017
