Sketching Oakland's Women's March

What a day! I attempted to both stroll and sketch during the Oakland Women's March last Saturday. My intention was to go with the flow of the marchers and minimize stops; hence some of these are more wobbly than usual from emotion and locomotion.

I have to say that the elder identified the Lake Merritt Hotel, an elegant residential hotel, as the Old Folks Home. She wanted all folks to know where she was coming from. Young, old, diverse ethnicities and races were together at the Oakland March. 

What A Day!

Actually what a couple of days it was!

On Inauguration Day I joined the Golden Gate Bridge Together demonstration that formed a purple (red and blue together) chain of unity to create a human bridge of togetherness.

Saturday was the Women's March. A double header for me starting with the Oakland March and then the San Francisco March. Both were filled with a sense of purpose and common goal. Even the packed BART trains that day were wonderfully filled with pink hats, signs, kids, families and marchers of all ages. Very inspiring! – Cathy McAuliffe