Women march for more than poll power

Sexual abuse, immigrants rights and racism also addressed

Participants in Sunday's Power to the Polls Women's March in Statesboro circle the Bulloch County Courthouse before staging a rally. About 200 attended the march and rally, where speakers, poets and musicians expressed their thoughts about women's, immigration and LGBTQ rights, as well as civic engagement. The rally also included a voter registration drive.

W 012118 WOMENS MARCH 03 — Participants in Sunday's Power to the Polls Women's March in Statesboro circle the Bulloch County Courthouse before staging a rally. About 200 attended the march and rally, where speakers, poets and musicians expressed their thoughts about women's, immigration and LGBTQ rights, as well as civic engagement. The rally also included a voter registration drive.

Some 200 or more people taking part in the second annual Women's March in Statesboro rallied for "Power to the Polls" Sunday afternoon, but not just for electoral clout and electing more women. Resistance to racial and anti-immigrant prejudice and rejection of sexual victimization from harassment to rape were topics of outspoken concern and personal stories. "In 2017 women on the local and national level rose up and spoke up," said event emcee Jill Johns, greeting marchers.

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