by Andrea Crowley-Hughes The night before the New York City Women’s March, I was stowing Lara bars and neatly organized baggies filled with bandages, gauze and butterfly closures into our backpacks. I had read all the pre-march checklists I could fit into a browser window crammed with open tabs. Still, I was too late in learning that Maalox is a more effective treatment for tear gas irritated eyes than Pepto Bismol. My mind has the tendency of jumping to –…

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by Patricia Jonik Stein The commotion on the New York City street fascinated and perplexed me.  There was a bevy of women circling a flame-filled green metal municipal waste can.  Some were holding hands with eyes on one another while others looked pensively at the few police officers standing nearby. My friend grabbed my arm and guided me toward the intersection where we would cross over to visit one of the museums that she had on her list. “Do you…

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