Eagle Pass Women’s March on Washington held on January 21st
By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017
Eagle Passans joined the Women’s March on Washington, D. C. on Saturday, January 21, 2017 by hosting an official affiliate March in downtown Eagle Pass, Texas with over 60 persons participating in the local Women’s March that commenced at San Juan Plaza and peacefully marched down to the newly remodeled City of Eagle Pass Public Library.
Eagle Pass March Organizer, Diana Perez Hardt, stated that the local Women’s March on Washington, D. C. was successful with over 60 participants and local citizens and public dignitaries protested in defense of women’s rights against newly sworn-in President Donald J. Trump, who has threatened to cut-off funding for women’s human rights such as reproductive rights, health care, equal pay, and overturn the historic United States Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade.
The spirited Eagle Pass Women’s March started at historic San Juan Plaza with Reverend Paul Bailie of San Lucas Lutheran Church giving the invocation followed by local singer Amanda Lee Martin providing the Pledge of Allegiance and National Anthem.
Speakers included Eagle Pass Mayor Ramsey English Cantu, City Councilwoman Gloria E. Hernandez, State Representative Poncho Nevarez, and other local dignitaries.
The Eagle Pass contingency marched peacefully down Madison Street to Main Street at the Eagle Pass Public Library. At the Public Library, speakers included Dr. Jonathan Hook, Diana Perez Hardt, and Ignacio Madera, Jr.
Participants carried home made signs proclaiming the protection of women’s human rights, chanted, and sang during the Eagle Pass Women’s March while protesting against President Donald J. Trump’s anti-Women’s Rights agenda.
The newly remodeled Eagle Pass Public Library was a warm and welcome site to have the first Eagle Pass Women’s March on Washington, D.C., becoming a community beacon and symbol of citizens seeking to express their First Amendment Rights of freedom of speech.
