NOTE: "The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives."
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SUMMARY: On Saturday, another crowd will gather on the National Mall -- not to celebrate, but to advocate. William Brangham talks with Bob Bland and Carmen Perez, co-chairs of the Women's March On Washington, about the organization's mission to protect women's rights, creating a safe space for difficult conversations on sensitive issues and remembering that “we're all people first.”
JUDY WOODRUFF (NewsHour): So, in addition to the protests today, there are plans for much more to come tomorrow.
Women from around the country are making their way to the nation's capital, with others preparing for events in cities around the globe. The crowds on the National Mall on Saturday are expected to be in the hundreds of thousands.
William Brangham recently sat down at the Newseum with two organizers of tomorrow's march, Bob Bland and Carmen Perez.
William began by asking what they hope to accomplish.
BOB BLAND, Co-Chair, Women's March on Washington: We are bringing together women, men and allies from all different types of communities from all over the country to say that we're standing in solidarity together to say that women's rights are human rights.
CARMEN PEREZ, Co-Chair, Women's March on Washington: We are coming here so that we could show this new administration that we're not going anywhere, right?
And there are so many more of us that are actually united than we are divided. This March on Washington is to ensure that Congress (House), our new President and the Senate know that we're going to continue to fight for our rights, that we're going to protect the most marginalized communities.
WILLIAM BRANGHAM (NewsHour): What are you marching for, and what are you marching against?
CARMEN PEREZ: So, we are marching to continue to allow women to make decisions about their bodies and ensure we have reproductive justice rights, immigration reform, criminal justice reform, as well as indigenous rights.
So, there are so many things. We have been extremely intentional about allowing organizations to get involved, Planned Parenthood, as well as Define American.
BOB BLAND: And every woman has their own reason for marching. So, that's the really beautiful thing about this.
We have seen, through the last 18 months and everything that's happened, that we can be complacent no longer.
WILLIAM BRANGHAM: There are so many specifics in your guiding principles, everything from minimum wage, to reproductive rights, to environmental concerns, to indigenous people's concerns.
Why was it important to you to be so specific in the things that you're marching for?
CARMEN PEREZ: We wanted to make sure that there was a mission, there was a vision, that we started organizing for something, not against something, right? So, this is not a march against Trump. This is a march on Washington, Congress, the Senate, our President.
"People across the world rally for women's rights" PBS NewsHour 1/21/2017
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SUMMARY: One day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, thousands of people joined the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and other demonstrations around the world; to advocate for reproductive, immigration, racial equality and worker's rights. The NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano reports from the main event in D.C.
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