(8 Mar 2025)
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Portland, Oregon – 8 March 2025
1. Wide pan of International Women’s Day rally in Portland, Oregon
2. Mid of rally attendees cheering and clapping
3. Close up of rally signs
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Nakanishi, co-organizer of the International Women’s Day rally in Portland, Oregon:
"With International Women’s Day, it’s really important to me, and I think all of the folks that are here, to lift up voices who are not usually heard."
5. Mid of Nakanishi speaking to the crowd
6. Close up of rally sign reading "Women’s Rights are Human Rights"
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Colleen Nakanishi, co-organizer of the International Women’s Day rally in Portland, Oregon:
"First, the diversity in age of people here is really cool. There are kids, there are older adults, all making signs, smiling with their friends. I think cheering is starting. I think this was needed to gather as a community."
8. Mid of rally attendees listening to speaker and cheering
9. Close up of rally sign reading "Women’s Power"
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Oskar Munch, attendee:
"I’m feeling happy because of how many people are here, but I’m also disappointed that a protest even needs to happen. Cause, this shouldn’t be happening in the first place, everyone should already have equal rights. But I’m glad, I’m also glad that people are just here to fight for what’s right."
11. Mid of rally attendees holding signs
12. Close up of rally attendees chanting
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Duncan, rally attendee:
"This is my first time coming to something like this, and it feels amazing. Exhilarating. It makes me want to cry. Yeah."
14. Various of people marching, holding signs
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday for one of the many International Women’s Day rallies held across the globe.
Colleen Nakanishi, a co-organizer of the event, said the focus was to stand in solidarity with women locally, nationally and "across our oceans."
"With International Women’s Day, it’s really important to me, and I think all of the folks that are here, to lift up voices who are not usually heard," she said.
People of all ages and genders flocked to the event, cheering and clapping as they donned handmade signs on subjects ranging from feminism to U.S. politics. Speakers spoke about women’s rights, as well as LGBTQ+ rights.
Tanya Duncan, 53, said her frustration with rights being "stripped away" motivated her to attend her very first women’s march.
"This is my first time coming to something like this, and it feels amazing. Exhilarating," she said. "It makes me want to cry."
Oskar Munch, 13, was also among the crowd. He said he was happy to see the large crowd size, but also "disappointed that a protest even needs to happen."
"This shouldn’t be happening in the first place, everyone should already have equal rights," the seventh grader said. "But I’m glad, I’m also glad that people are just here to fight for what’s right."
AP video by Claire Rush
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