March for women’s rights

Women started the idea as a protest, but a march in Washington DC planned for the day after the presidential inauguration has grown into something much larger. Now it’s being called a march for human rights and raising awareness of a broad range of concerns from affordable housing to health care to immigration.

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HOST: Lori Townsend

GUESTS:

  • Celeste Godfrey and Samantha McKelly – Anchorage Organizers
  • Jeannine Haney – (Via phone) Fairbanks Organizer
  • Statewide callers 

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LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.

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Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.

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