Updated. Two professors have been gathering crowd size data and keeping a Google spreadsheet of the information. Jeremy Pressman (U of Connecticut) and Erica Chenoweth (U of Denver) are the people behind this text if you participated project. They have been working on this since the Marches began yesterday and update the spreadsheet as more accurate (verified) data comes in. Right now (Sunday 7pm Pacific) the low estimate for the U.S. is 3,338,781 and the high estimate is 4,631,820. The spreadsheet lists all locations tracked in alphabetical order by city name. The source for each datum is listed.
To be counted as a marcher TEXT 89800 and sent the message "Count me in.” You'll get a reply to let them know where you marched. You can also enter your participation online at Marchers Count. This includes virtual marchers for those working, disabled, or otherwise unable to be physically present. The link is to a Google document form that only requires you to check a box, enter your zip code, and then your email if you wish to get the final count information.
The organizers of the Women’s March believe over 5 million people worldwide and over 1 million in Washington D.C. participated. We are the storm that blew in to clear the pollution from the previous day’s inauguration and the 11/9 disaster. Don’t allow our momentum and energy to dissipate.
Yesterday was the beginning not the end.
Plan now to join the next campaign from the Women’s March group: 10 Actions / 100 Days.
Every 10 days we will take action on an issue we all care about — beginning today.
The first action is to write a letter to your Senators about what matters most to you and what you plan to do to help. Write it alone or with a group of friends. Build local networks.
The 10 Actions / 100 Days website gives
- steps for the first action;
- links where you can obtain an official postcard for the actions; and
- suggestions on what to write and a form to enter your zip code and receive your Senators’ contact info.
- After writing your card, take a photo of it and upload the photo to social media using the hashtag #WhyIMarch.
At the bottom of the web page you can sign up for text messages that remind you of each of the actions
I suggest everyone focus on the issue(s) that are your specialty and not try to include every bit of awfulness we see as possible. For me, it’s conservation of ecosystems and that ramifies into protecting public lands and the laws that support such protection like the ESA, NEPA and the agencies who manage the lands and species (USFWS, BLM, USFS, NPS). I won’t forget the state-level laws (in California it is the CEQA) and agencies (CDFW). I can write about this easily and articulately. If I tried to write about the importance of public schools and IEPs, I’d have more passion than knowledge. So I stick with what I know. You do yours.
this is the official postcard available for your letters
Another set of actions is reported in CathyM’s diary: ProPublica Asks Our Help In Watching for Environmental Issues.
At ProPublica, we’ll be trying to keep track of subsequent changes on federal websites as the Trump administration settles in. On Twitter or elsewhere, use the hashtag #trumpeffect and of course contact me via @revkin on Twitter, on Facebook, or by email at andrew.revkin.
Other groups have set up similar initiatives to help monitor all the remaking, including a #TrumpWatch project at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Swing Left / Take Back the House is mobilizing people to take action in districts where Dems have a chance to take away a Republican incumbent in 2018. At the website you can enter your zip code to learn the nearest swing district. There’s a map of these districts and by clicking on each district you can learn more about who is the incumbent and how to help for 2018.
Control of the House in 2018 will be decided by a handful of Swing Districts, places where the last election was decided by a thin margin. Find your closest Swing District and join its team to learn about actionable opportunities to support progressives—and defeat Republicans—in that district, no matter where you live. We can stop Trump and the GOP agenda by working together NOW.