Can one voice make a difference in the face of many? Although I was always confident and faithful in the power of a voice, the Women’s March 2020 reaffirmed and further instilled my perspective on the impact that a voice can elicit.
This being my first time actively participating in a march of any sort, the Women’s March in Los Angeles opened my eyes and heart, while further growing my desire to right so many wrongs in our sociopolitical sphere of human rights. At 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 18, I, along with over 300,000 other advocates and supporters of equal rights, gathered in Pershing Square to march for a change in society. In the heart of Los Angeles with so many passionate people around me, it all felt a bit surreal to me. Personally, I have always been an advocate for the underrepresented, as I see it as a priority for all human lives to be valued as such. Growing up and volunteering for various homeless/less fortunate organizations and working to help them attain better lives made me all the more passionate to, one day, pursue this passion as a career. So, developing a major passion for the law and human rights as a whole, the way in which they are interconnected and how they can have extreme causal effects, I was eager to participate in a March that advocated for my passions.
As we walked, I looked beside me and saw a mother and daughter, hand in hand, with a sign that read “Why I March? So my daughter will never have to say #MeToo.” The power in that crowd is inexplicable to write down on paper. But, it comes down to the feeling of love and respect of the human condition and the fact that everyone should be given that right.