Thousands gather for Women’s March on Tulsa

Thousands of people gathered in the Tulsa city center last Saturday morning to participate in the second annual Women’s March on Tulsa.

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This march is held annually in almost every state in the country and this year Oklahoma, and specifically Tulsa, was no exception.

An estimated three thousand people congregated at Guthrie Green to participate in this mega march, women and men who with banners and shouts demanded equal wages for both sexes, as well as social and environmental justice, and stressed the importance of increasing the number of women voters here in the city.

These protests coincided with the first anniversary of President Donald Trump taking office.

The messages delivered by many of the women urged the mobilization of Democrats in the next legislative elections that will take occur in November of this year, and which are considered a referendum on the current president.

There were a number of Hispanic faces at the event, including several members of the “Promotoras” team of community peer educators certified by Tulsa Community College (TCC), which organizer Mariel Lozano Kuykendall said was present at the march to help represent the Tulsa Latino community.

“We want to highlight the important role of women in the community, especially the Latino community, and to talk about the issues that are part of our culture,” Lozano told La Semana. “We want to create more awareness and empower women and families.”

Dreamers were also a visible presence at the march, including Amairani Perez, who spoke on behalf of Dream Act Oklahoma-Tulsa. (La Semana)