The Women’s March on Washington was not a single-issue movement, therefore a single-sentence summary is rather impossible. Humans gathered together for more than gender equality, more than reproductive rights, more than racial equality, more than environmental issues, more than immigration reform…politics aside: it was one of the most energetically positive moments in time that I have ever experienced.

Most of the messages shared and expressed between the humans there were inclusive of everyone. You could take those messages and put them in a church, a synagogue, a temple, a community center, a wedding, a funeral, a relationship, a board room - they could exist there. I felt vulnerable. I felt love. I felt fear. I felt joy. I felt sad. I felt inspired. I felt determined. I felt angry. I felt misunderstood. I felt understood. I felt accepted. I felt undeniably moved. I felt every single feeling under the sun with millions of strangers who were all there to feel all of those feelings too. We were there to uplift each other, and remind each other that we matter.

I recognize that I am incredibly privileged. I am a member of the LGBTQ community and a woman, but my personal struggles with inequality have been small. It was my human responsibility to be there for every being who has felt discriminated against, marginalized, unsafe, victimized, less-than….

It is our human responsibility to foster compassion and connection. Listen to more than the echoes of your own ideas. Learn something from the person next to you.

And fiercely move forward.

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