snowy affair<\/a> but still highly attended, with around 500 people turning out to march through blizzard conditions.<\/p>\nThis year saw no blizzard, but it was still chilly at 10 a.m., when attendees gathered at the center of Veterans Park (formerly City Park). The table of hot drinks was a popular attraction, and marchers were bundled up in coats and hats \u2013 some of them pink \u201cpussy hats\u201d popularized a few years ago.<\/p>\n
Slogans on handmade signs ran the gamut of themes, with some advocating for the rights of women and immigrants, others promoting environmental protection, and many opposing the current presidential administration.<\/p>\n
Sylvia Clahchischilli and Donna Dorsett from Cortez joined forces on a \u201cDiversity Matters\u201d sign.<\/p>\n
Dorsett said she came because she feels it\u2019s important to gather together as a group \u201cand use our voice if we\u2019re unhappy with the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clahchischilli, who is also from Teec Nos Pas, Arizona, she said, pointed to the Earth image they had doodled into one corner of their sign.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo give voice to how we live,\u201d she said of her reason for taking part in the march. \u201cEvery day, everybody, with our neighbors, and I think with the environment as well. That\u2019s part of our humanity. All of creation reflects our maker. I think it\u2019s a denial of our creator to deny any parts of creation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Busic spoke prior to the march. Along with urging attendees to vote, register others to vote, and \u201cby goddess\u201d run for political office, she read aloud from Maya Angelou\u2019s poem \u201cStill I Rise\u201d \u2013 which aligned with the theme for this year\u2019s Women\u2019s March, she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I\u2019ll rise,\u201d Busic quoted.<\/p>\n
After Busic spoke, the procession began, led by organizers Mary Dodd and Tulli Kerstetter. They wound their way around the park, pausing at the corner by the Colorado Welcome Center to allow cars passing by on Main Street to honk their support.<\/p>\n
Patty Coen led the chants, and as they processed, marchers shouted phrases like, \u201cThe people need a leader, not a creepy tweeter!\u201d and \u201cMy body, my choice! Her body, her choice!\u201d<\/p>\n
The event was sponsored by the Blue Jennies, Cortez Chapter of Drinking Liberally, Montezuma Alliance for Unity, Montezuma County Democrats, Montezuma Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, Montezuma Youth Pride, and Rosa Belongs Here.<\/p>\n
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