Thousands of Mass. residents pledge to join womens march in D.C.
In November, days after the election of Donald Trump, Tami Gouveia started a Facebook group promoting the Women’s March on Washington. Within 24 hours, more than 1,000 people from Massachusetts had committed to attend.
Now, that list has blossomed to more than 8,000, with at least 60 buses prepared to ferry the marchers to the nation’s capital.
New York is the only state with a larger contingent so far.
“A lot of people are scrambling to feel like they can make a difference given all the rhetoric during the election,” said Gouveia, state lead organizer for the Massachusetts chapter of the Women’s March on Washington. “This is not an anti-Trump march, but it is about the things that Donald Trump has espoused.”
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