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The estimated 3
to 4 million Americans who participated in January's anti-Trump
Women's March are being honored with a major prize from PEN
America, The Associated Press reports. The PEN/Toni and
James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award is going to the
"Women's March" for "galvaniz[ing] a potent global
movement to resist infringements on the rights and dignity of women
and many other groups."
Past honorees for the
Freedom of Expression Courage Award include the French satirical
newspaper Charlie Hebdo and the work of Lee-Anne
Walters and Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who brought the deadly levels of
lead in Flint's water supply to national attention.
Bob Bland, who was one of
the Women's March's four national co-chairs, will accept the prize at
PEN's gala on April 25. "The Women's March began as a quixotic
idea shared with friends on Facebook," said PEN America's
executive director, Suzanne Nossel. "In the hands of 99.9
percent of people, it would have ended there, as a pipe dream. But
Bob Bland and the group of women who joined her forged a powerful,
diverse coalition that worked with immense drive to win over skeptics
and build the support of an extraordinarily broad coalition of which
PEN America became part."
Nossel added: "We
honor the Women's March for acting at a critical moment to overcome
the inertia and fear of failure that can impair public mobilization,
and for inspiring millions in America and around the world to do the
same."
If you did, you need to know this and you need to take a minute to recognize what you've done and pat yourself on the back and keep at it until GOP #UnderRussianCloud is gone... (My words!)
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