Sun Valley Women’s March 2018
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January 21, 2018
WOMEN’S MARCH/POWER TO THE POLLS 2018
Molly Page, Indivisible Blaine County, reporting tonight more than 600 people marched this morning in Ketchum.
The Advocates’ Social Change Coordinator Darrel Harris shares what the Women’s March represents and her hope for the community in 2018.
“America, if eligible at all to downfall and ruin, is eligible within herself, not without. Always inform yourself; always do the best you can; always vote.” -Walt Whitman
Idaho Democratic Senator Michelle Stennett
Idaho Sen. Michelle Stennett reminded the crowd that women were the last Americans given the right to vote. Let’s not squander the efforts of so many suffragettes and others, she pleaded. Voting makes for a strong nation, and votes matter.
“We recently celebrated the legacy of Martin Luther King whose powerful words remind us, ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,’ ” she added. [Eye On Sun Valley]
At the march Muffy Davis announces her candidacy for Idaho House District 26 Seat A!
Muffy Davis was one of the top ranked U.S. Junior Ski Racers in the late 80’s. She was poised to not only be named to the U.S. National Ski Team but, her racing ability would have allowed her to have the chance to attain her childhood dream of competing in the Winter Olympics.
Until early one morning while training on her home mountain in Sun Valley, ID when a freak accident changed the life and course of this Olympic hopeful forever. Skiing at over 45 mph, Muffy went through a safety fence on a downhill training course and hit her head and back on a tree. Miraculously she survived the accident. Once she arrived at the hospital the radiologist on duty was none other than her dad. Horrified that his daughter arrived at the hospital in this condition the news continued to worsen when he found out that Muffy had crushed her back leaving her paralyzed from the chest down. Muffy, her family and the skiing community were devastated. All thoughts of Olympic Gold were gone in a instant. Muffy was at a serious crossroads in her life, she had to make a choice: to simply survive or thrive.
Davis added that it was unacceptable that 78,000 Idahoans can’t get health insurance, nor is it acceptable that Idaho is 48th in the nation in education.
“Here, a year ago in this very location at the first Women’s March in my own community I was motivated by all of you,” Davis said passionately and forcefully as she looked out across 600 men, women and teenagers huddled in Ketchum Town Square.
“I’m running because we need more bold, impassioned voices in Boise speaking out for us today,” she said to raucous cheers. [Eye On Sun Valley]
Professional singer & yoga instructor Tyria Wilson sang the National Anthem, ‘Imagine’, and ‘We Are The World.’
‘There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me.’
