Gallery: Southern Illinois Women’s March
January 21, 2017
Hannah Baker, a senior at Carbondale Community High School, participates in the Southern Illinois Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in front of the Carbondale Civic Center. Baker said she attended with about a dozen other members of the high school’s women’s leadership club. “We’re just supporting the cause,” she said. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)
Southern Illinois Women’s March volunteer Shanna Mosely, of Carbondale, paints a transgender equality symbol on the cheek of Becca Hooks, of Homewood, on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, before the start of the march at the Carbondale Civic Center. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)
Catori Sims, 3, sits on the shoulders of her father, Zach Sims, of Carbondale, on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, as they walk down Illinois Avenue during the Southern Illinois Women’s March. “I have a wife and a mother and women’s rights are important,” said Zach, whose wife Megan and daughter Luna, 6, also attended the march. “I want to teach the kids about it as well.” (Anna Spoerre |@annaspoerre)
Pat Grimmer, a retired Carbondale Community High School teacher, smiles as Esther Hays, of Carbondale, uses her phone to take a selfie near the end of the Southern Illinois Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in front of the Carbondale Civic Center. “I feel a lot more positive after being here today instead of overwhelmed with all the negative feelings,” Hays said. Grimmer, who held a sign with an image of the former first family, said she has also participated in anti-war protests in Carbondale. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)
Sabor de Mel owner Melba Gastal, Berleing Toruno, Brad Smith, Cindy Ludington and Eduardo Gastal wave at Southern Illinois Women’s March participants Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, as they pass by the oppostite side of South Illinois Avenue. “We just heard them and came out,” said Eduardo, Melba’s husband. “I’m very impressed. It’s very organized — I’ve never seen this in my seven years in Carbondale.” (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)
Carbondale High School student Bushrah Abughazaleh repositions her tiara Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, during the Southern Illinois Women’s March by the Carbondale Civic Center. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)
Connie Hawley-Lowe stands with a sign during the Southern Illlinois Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in front of the Carbondale Civic Center. “This sign says it all,” said Hawley-Lowe, who said after she heard the recording of President Donald Trump advising to another man to “Grab ’em by the pussy,” she cried for weeks. “It’s disgusting,” she said. (Anna Spoerre | @Anna Spoerre)
Kayelyn Jones, 4, of Carbondale, shares a moment with her grandmother, LaVell Hayes-Cox, as the pair prepare signs Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, before the beginning of the Southern Illinois Women’s March at the Carbondale Civic Center. “We just want our voices to be heard,” Hayes-Cox said. “I want [my grandchildren] to remember that they matter. Their lives matter. Their desires in life matter.” (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)
Cherie Watson, of Carbondale, walks with hundreds of others during the Southern Illinois Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, along Illinois Avenue. “We can’t unlearn the rights we’ve had up to now,” said Watson, who was invited to the Washington march but was unable to attend, so she choose to participate in Carbondale instead. “I have two daughters — it’s something I can’t ignore.” (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)
A group of girls walk in front of their mothers holding signs during the Southern Illinois Women’s March on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in front of the Carbondale Civic Center. Andrea Imre, the mother of one of the girls, said the women decided to bring their daughters out because “they are our future.” (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)
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