Woman-led alternative to State of the Union serves as counter to president's message
Source: Detroit Free Press
As President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union speech in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, activists plan to host an alternative event across town they're calling The State of Our Union.
The goal is to offer a different view and vision for the country at the counter event at the National Press Club, addressing gender inequalities in America today and confronting the president's agenda.
The event is open to the public, and will be livestreamed on the website www.thestateofourunion.org. It is organized by activists Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Tarana Burke, who started the #MeToo movement more than a decade ago and is now senior director of Girls for Gender Equity, and Mónica Ramírez, deputy director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement.
Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood, Kristin Rowe Finkbeiner of MomsRising and Arisha Hatch of Color of Change also are among the event organizers.
Read more: https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/30/women-alternative-state-union/1074294001/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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