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Freedom Plaza played host to the second Women鈥檚 March of 2020, this time to address their grievances against the Trump administration and its handling of the recent Supreme Court justice nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.听

Plans for this Women鈥檚 March were made public just hours after Justice Ginsberg鈥檚 death was announced on Sept. 18, as people across the United States and around the world mourned the loss of a progressive icon.听听

Attendees joined up at Freedom Plaza, listened to a line-up of local activists and marched to the National Mall.听听听

Though the march was created by and for female-identifying individuals, not all attendees were such. One man named Alan, who declined to share his last name due to safety reasons, said he鈥檚 been coming to every Women鈥檚 March since its beginning in 2017.听

Alan held a sign that riffed on President Trump鈥檚 claim of being a 鈥渟table genius.鈥�

鈥淢y sign is multi-leveled in meaning… it鈥檚 also a polite way of calling him a name,鈥� Alan said. 鈥淚t also makes reference to how he treats women.鈥澨�

He said he believes this March will send a strong message about what people want during this election season.听

鈥淚f you read these signs, they鈥檙e all statements based on what we want out of people. We need to turn this thing around and start working for the people, not just the 1%,鈥� Alan said.听

Another family of protestors sat in the plaza with their dog in a pull wagon wearing a bandana which read 鈥淚 Bite Racists.鈥澨�

One of the family members, a young adult named Jacob, who declined to share his last name due to security reasons, said he was attending the march to support women鈥檚 rights.听

鈥淲e鈥檙e focused on wanting to bring about change by speaking out, because that鈥檚 really the only way good things will happen 鈥� if people speak up about what they like and what they dislike,鈥� he said.听

Some attendees came from out of town and out of state.听

Teri Rankin, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, attended the protest as a member of the Chattanooga Moms for Social Justice, a group of primarily middle class, white women who promote radical change.

Rankin said it was important, as a mother, to get to the march and show her daughter that all American people have power. 鈥淧ower to the people. This is a country by the people for the people,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd we have to take it back.鈥�

鈥榃e decide our futures鈥櫶�

After milling around the plaza, hoisting up protest signs and cheering each other on with chants of revolution, protestors then listened as various speakers took to the platform to rally march attendees.听

Hope Butler Khodaei, a woman of the Piscataway tribe, a Native American nation indigenous to the Potomac region, sang a welcome greeting and land acknowledgement to protestors.听

鈥淥h Great Eagle, King of the sky, lift our Spirit up and carry us high. Wings of strength that float along, take away the weak and make us strong. Make us strong. Strong. Make us strong,鈥� she sang.听

D.C. local Nee Nee Taylor, one of the core organizers for the Black Lives Matter D.C. group, demanded public police reform and statehood for the District.听

鈥淔or those that don鈥檛 know, Washington, D.C. is not a state which means we lack the power to make basic decisions about our city or holding our representatives responsible,鈥� Taylor said. 鈥淒.C.鈥檚 systematic disenfranchisement comes from a legacy of racism and bigotry.鈥�

Jenny Lawson, a march organizer and executive director of Planned Parenthood, said she believed Americans could not afford four more years of a Trump administration.听

鈥淲e cannot afford four more years of this administration attacking our access to reproductive health and rights,鈥� Lawson said. 鈥淏ecause in this election, we decide our futures.鈥�

Since the Trump administration鈥檚 nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as Justice Ginsberg鈥檚 replacement, women have begun voicing their fear of losing their rights to vital women鈥檚 healthcare needs should the high court overturn Roe V. Wade. The Senate will vote on Barrett鈥檚 nomination on Oct. 26, and just two weeks later, America will know who its next president will be.听

Jess Morales Rocketto, director of domestic worker鈥檚 protections group Care In Action, reminded those who are fearful of their rights as citizens.听

鈥淣obody should tell us what we should do with our bodies. We should already have a White House that actually cares about keeping us alive,鈥� Rocketto said.

Marches across the East Coast

In addition to the D.C. rally, hundreds of women鈥檚 marches took place Saturday, all over the United States.

Athena Scalise Waitt was one of the coordinators for the Herndon, Virginia, Women鈥檚 March, RISE UP on the Herndon Town Green, along with Brenna Danatzko and Coco Buck.听

Their event featured speakers as well such as Virginia state Senator Jennifer Boysko (D-V), Sean Perryman of the Fairfax County NAACP and others.听听

鈥淚 find it imperative that all daughters, regardless of their parents鈥� political leanings, should have a right to a more equal future,鈥� Scalise Waitt said. 鈥淚 think pandemic or no pandemic, our country is going in the wrong direction.鈥�

Sterling, Virginia, Women鈥檚 March coordinator Dona Dickinson said she believes it鈥檚 important for individuals to use their voices in public to raise awareness about social justice moving in the wrong direction.听听

鈥淚 think even if we can鈥檛 all be downtown, that all over the place wherever we can be, we need to stand up and stand in public and say this is wrong and we disagree with it,鈥� Dickinson said. 鈥淲e cannot stand down. We cannot cede our ground.鈥�

Dickinson also said she鈥檚 been visiting President Trump鈥檚 golf course over the past few months during the pandemic, holding up a sign with the ever-climbing death toll numbers. She said she hopes President Trump sees it as he drives to the course because she believes he should have managed the pandemic better.听

A.J. Sanchez joined the Women鈥檚 March in Philadelphia. He said he felt more than obligated to participate. Sanchez also said if Trump wins this upcoming election, he expects the majority will riot against another four years.听

鈥淎s we the people, we are fed up. We are tired of the hate that the President has been spewing,鈥� Sanchez said.听

Organizers of the Women鈥檚 March are planning another D.C. rally in the early spring months of 2021.听