GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Men and women around Green Bay came out in solidarity Wednesday shedding light on injustices happening around the world.
A group of roughly 60 people marched a 4 1/2 mile route around the city to highlight “A Day Without a Woman.”
Event organizer Stephanie Ortiz explains why the march was so important.
“Ending gender violence, social provisioning, there’s many platform areas that the women’s march put forth for this Day Without a Woman,” said Ortiz.
Ortiz says these issues are happening within our community.
“It’s important for us not to pretend as if it’s issues over there, in other cities and other states,” Ortiz said. “We are going to continue to resist and we are continuing to stand up in situations of injustice.”
The march started at the City Deck, down University Avenue and back to the YWCA downtown for a resource fair, music, and speakers.
The demographic of the march was mainly high school and college age individuals.
Wednesday was also International Women’s Day.
