Jo Freeman, Author at Public Seminar

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May Day

Washington D.C.

May 24, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Different groups with different themes marched from different places to rally together in Lafayette Square in front of the White House. The largest of these was organized by SEIU and CASA. Its theme was immigration, and current policies opposed to immigration. In addition to unions, religious and Latino groups were ...

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DC Climate March

April 29th 2017

May 5, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Over one hundred thousand people marched down Pennsylvania Ave. from the Capitol on April 29, the one-hundredth day of Trump’s presidency. As though to emphasize the cost of global warming, Mother Nature graced the day with temperatures over 90 degrees. During the morning people gathered on the Mall in front of ...

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DC March for Science

April 22nd 2017

April 28, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

One of several hundred marches around the world, the March for Science in DC attracted about 20,000 participants despite a steady rain. People packed the Mall around the Washington Monument in the morning to listen to speakers and entertainers before marching off to the Capitol in the afternoon. Before the ...

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Trump – Show your Taxes

Washington D.C. Protest on April 15th

April 26, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Several thousand protesters gathered on the west lawn of the Capitol on April 15 to demand that President Trump release his tax returns. The DC rally was one of many such protests held around the country on the traditional day for filing income taxes. Organized by several progressive groups, the ...

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Pink Out the Capital

April 14, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Roughly 500 women and a few men gathered on the east lawn of the US Capital building on March 29 to declare that "I Stand With Planned Parenthood." The Senate was due to vote on a resolution to permit the states to deny federal family planning funds to health care ...

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Stand with Standing Rock Rally

Washington D.C.

April 8, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline protested at several dozen locations throughout the country as the Army Corps of Engineers granted the developer permission to lay the pipe under a reservoir in North Dakota. The Standing Rock tribe of Sioux have been the primary opponents out of fear that leaks ...

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International Women’s Day

March 8, 2017: Something old, something new, much was borrowed, nothing blue

March 22, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Women all over the world marched, rallied, and demonstrated in solidarity to commemorate International Women's Day. While the tradition was established a century ago, never before have so many women demonstrated in so many places in so many countries. To show solidarity, women wore red, whether they were demonstrating or ...

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No Ban on Muslims

Protests from D.C. on February 4th

February 22, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Roughly five thousand people gathered at the edge of Lafayette park across from the White House on Sunday afternoon, February 4. They were protesting the ban on Muslims and refugees proposed by President Trump January 27. "No hate no fear, refugees are welcome here!" was the most popular chant. Most ...

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No to DeVos Rally

February 17, 2017 • by Jo Freeman

Roughly 500 people gathered in a park near the Senate on February 6 to ask for "one more vote" against confirming Betsy DeVos to be the next Secretary of Education. At the time of the rally, all 48 Democrats and 2 Republicans had vowed to vote against her confirmation. The Senate ...