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Women's March Comes Back To World Stage, Including Eugene

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Saturday marks the second Women’s March global event. In Eugene, organizers figure at least 3,000 people will turn out to voice support for women’s rights and to protest the Trump Administration. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports.

The event debuted last year, the day after President Trump’s swearing-in ceremony.  Past allegations of sexual harassment and his upset victory over Hillary Clinton - who could have been America’s first female president -- fired up many of the estimated 7,000 participants.

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Lin Woodrich (L) of Indivisible Eugene, and Karen Myers (R) who helped organize last year's Women's March in Eugene, at KLCC studios.

Lin Woodrich of the group, Indivisible Eugene, says the theme this year is “Power to the Polls”, looking ahead to the midterm elections.

“Indivisible Eugene is stressing, we vote we win," she tells KLCC. "We definitely have a strong wave, a tsunami we’re calling it. If we all vote, then we can make a huge change.”

Karen Myers helped organize last year’s march in Eugene. She says there are many issues on the table.

“Whether it’s women’s rights, dealing with sexual harassment, climate change…the tenor of what’s going on in this country right now when it comes to decency and civility and we’re seeing a lack of that…this march celebrates this is what democracy looks like when people get together.”

Congressman Peter DeFazio, and representatives of Planned Parenthood and the NAACP are featured speakers.

(Note: The pre-march rally is at 1pm Saturday at the Federal Courthouse.)

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Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016.   In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.
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