8 THE COURIER SUN • JANUARY 26, 2017 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com Queens takes part in the Women’s March in Manhattan BY ANGELA MATUA [email protected]/@AngelaMatua The Women’s March on NYC took place on Jan. 21 in Manhattan, and Queens was well represented among the more than 400,000 people who marched through the streets, joining similar rallies across the globe. The march, organized to prompt “civil rights for every human regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, religion or creed,” according to its website, was a sister march to the main event in Washington, D.C. Thousands of women and men held signs and marched from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at 48th Street and Third Avenue to Trump Tower at 57th Street and Fifth Avenue. Among the thousands of marchers were people from Queens, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, who organized a trip for a group of Jackson Heights residents to attend, and Center for the Women of New York, which is based in Kew Gardens. “I was proud to march alongside hundreds of my Jackson Heights neighbors at the Women’s March on NYC,” Dromm said. “Our contingent was truly diverse and included children and seniors, immigrants, Muslims and members of the LGBTQ community. Together we sent a loud and clear message to the Trump administration that we will never stop fighting against their hateful agenda.” Riding the 7 train into the city, straphangers could see hundreds of people waiting to board on the Manhattan bound platform at the Court Square-23rd Street station and other stops along the route. Photos by Angela Matua and Dean Moses
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