The January 18 protest grew out of experiences at the Women's March eight years ago and resources left behind by its organizers.
The January 18 protest grew out of experiences at the Women's March eight years ago and resources left behind by its organizers.
"That was my personal introduction to marching for representational rights," Noteboom says of the Women's March."I was just seventeen myself, so it was pretty impactful." Noteboom, now 25, has been putting together the Denver People's March over the past three months. Inspired by those memories, she's been relying on resources fromThe march is set to take place on the morning of Saturday, January 18, at the Colorado State Capitol, and will take a short route around Civic Center Park, heading west on Colfax Avenue.
They started by reaching out to the organizers of the Women's March in Washington, D.C., with hopes of guidance on pulling permits, finding speakers and planning a route for the march. They couldn't reach the Women's March organizers, though, and"we realized that they largely dissipated," Noteboom says. However, they did find a page on the Women's March website promoting a"People's March" targeted at supporting communities who felt threatened.
"We got inspiration on who to contact for speakers and sponsors," she says."We got our idea for the march path from their socials as well."
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