GOOD MORNING, JENNA RHONDELLA. THERE ARE NEARLY 1000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR TODAY’S MARCH HERE ON BOSTON COMMON, AND IT STARTS AT 11 A.M. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS AND PERFORMERS LINED UP FOR THIS EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE EVENT WEB PAGE, AND THAT ALSO SAYS THERE WILL BE VARIOUS BOOTHS, BOOTHS SET UP FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. THE ONLINE EVENT PAGE DOES OUTLINE A SERIES OF STATEMENT VALUES FOR THIS PEOPLE’S MARCH, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO ACCESS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES, ENSURING EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW, PROTECTING TRANSPARENT AND FAIR ELECTIONS, AND CULTIVATING AN ECONOMICALLY RESILIENT NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITY. WE EXPECT THE PEOPLE’S MARCH TO WRAP UP AROUND 1:00. PEOPLE MAY START GETTING HERE PROBABLY AROUND 1030 AHEAD OF THE 11:00 START, BUT WILL BE HERE AS THE EVENT GETS UNDERWAY. FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE
Hundreds of people gathered on Boston Common for the People’s March on Saturday, while others marched in Washington D.C. amid preparations for Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Nearly 1,000 people signed up for the 2025 Boston People’s March, the rebranded name for the Women’s March, which first took place after Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.Beginning at 11 a.m. and wrapping up around 1 p.m., the event featured several different speakers and performers, as well as various booths from different organizations.The online event page outlines a series of statement values, including the right to access reproductive health services, ensuring equal protection under the law, protecting transparent and fair elections and cultivating an economically resilient New England community.Eight years ago, an estimated 175,000 people attended the 2017 Women’s March in Boston, which was held one day after Trump’s first inauguration. At the time, Massachusetts and Boston leaders gave speeches vowing to contest Trump’s policies.”We are going to be the first state in the country to fight back on Washington when they start to go after different things that affect different people,” then-Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said.”We can whimper. We can whine. Or we can fight back,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.”I have a message for Trump,” then-Attorney General Maura Healey said. “We’ll see you in court.”Healey went on to lead approximately 100 lawsuits against Trump’s administration on subjects including immigration, contraception rules, firearms decisions, the Endangered Species Act, defending the Consumer Financial Protection Board, supporting greenhouse gas emissions standards and more. In fact, the Associated Press described Healey in 2017 as one of the leaders in the effort to litigate against the Trump administration.”In four days, there will be a transition of power in Washington,” Healey said during her State of the Commonwealth speech on Thursday.”I assure you we will take every opportunity to work with the federal government in any way that benefits Massachusetts. I also promise you we will not change who we are.”Video below: 2017 Women’s March
BOSTON —Hundreds of people gathered on Boston Common for the People’s March on Saturday, while others marched in Washington D.C. amid preparations for Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
Nearly 1,000 people signed up for the 2025 Boston People’s March, the rebranded name for the Women’s March, which first took place after Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.
Beginning at 11 a.m. and wrapping up around 1 p.m., the event featured several different speakers and performers, as well as various booths from different organizations.
The online event page outlines a series of statement values, including the right to access reproductive health services, ensuring equal protection under the law, protecting transparent and fair elections and cultivating an economically resilient New England community.
Eight years ago, an estimated 175,000 people attended the 2017 Women’s March in Boston, which was held one day after Trump’s first inauguration. At the time, Massachusetts and Boston leaders gave speeches vowing to contest Trump’s policies.
“We are going to be the first state in the country to fight back on Washington when they start to go after different things that affect different people,” then-Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said.
“We can whimper. We can whine. Or we can fight back,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
“I have a message for Trump,” then-Attorney General Maura Healey said. “We’ll see you in court.”
Healey went on to lead approximately 100 lawsuits against Trump’s administration on subjects including immigration, contraception rules, firearms decisions, the Endangered Species Act, defending the Consumer Financial Protection Board, supporting greenhouse gas emissions standards and more. In fact, the Associated Press described Healey in 2017 as one of the leaders in the effort to litigate against the Trump administration.
“In four days, there will be a transition of power in Washington,” Healey said during her State of the Commonwealth speech on Thursday.
“I assure you we will take every opportunity to work with the federal government in any way that benefits Massachusetts. I also promise you we will not change who we are.”
Video below: 2017 Women’s March
