{"id":65531,"date":"2018-01-23T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=65531"},"modified":"2018-01-23T15:58:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T21:58:14","slug":"womens-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/womens-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s March draws more than 300,000 to Grant Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Xiaozhang(Shaw) Wan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">One year after President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, more than 300,000 marchers\u00a0joined the second annual Women&#8217;s March in Chicago. They\u00a0rallied for the votes in November to defeat Trump&#8217;s policies and called for more women candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we don&#8217;t register to vote, register our friends and neighbors, knock on doors, support other women who run for office and run for office ourselves, we will continue to be marginalized,&#8221; said Toni Preckwinkle, one of several speakers.<\/p>\n<p>A large turnout of immigrants and children participated. Launching a large voter turnout for the 2018 elections, defending women&#8217;s reproductive rights and protecting immigrants were among the priorities for marchers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Women&#039;s March draws more than 300,000 to Grant Park\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/252368084?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">More than 300,000 people joined the Women&#8217;s March in Chicago. They seek a large voter turnout for the 2018 elections, women&#8217;s rights and immigration protection. (Shaw Wan\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Xiaozhang(Shaw) Wan One year after President Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, more than 300,000 marchers\u00a0joined the second annual Women&#8217;s March in Chicago. 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