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Photos: The 2025 Women's March in LA
The starting point of Saturday's Women's March in Pershing Square.
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Thousands of Angelenos marched through downtown Los Angeles in this year's Women's March.
Eight years ago, the inaugural Women’s March drew hundreds of thousands of Angelenos with hand-knitted "pussyhats" to speak up against the election of President Donald Trump.
With Trump back in office, organizers are hoping today's march — the first to take place on International Women's day — will bring renewed energy to L.A.'s Pershing Square.
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Protesters gather in Pershing Square for the start of Saturday's Women's March.
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Tongva tribal members helped lead the front of the march from Pershing Square to City Hall.
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Tongva performers conduct the ceremony at the front lines of the March.
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Tongva performers conduct the ceremony at the front lines of the March.
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"Diversity, equity, and inclusion is in danger and that is something that has positively affected women," said Emiliana Guereca, president of Women’s March Foundation in Pershing Square on Saturday. "So when they talk about dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion, they're talking about silencing women."
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Many participants have come bearing all manners of protest signs. For Ruby Villa, it's also a family affair. The teen is here with her mom and grandmother.
"My sign says, 'If you don't fight for all women, you fight for no women," Villa said.
Lauren Walker and friend Kris Matheney at Saturday's Women's March.
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Lauren Walker said she and her friend are at the march because they are against what the White House has been doing.
"I was feeling like I wasn't able to do anything. A peaceful protest is a good way to channel the energy that we all feel about the wrongs that are happening right now in our government," Walker said. "It's something we can do together to feel better."
Part of her sign reads: "Elon, stop firing and starving American people."
Nona and Michael Randois joined the march today to make their voices heard. They surveyed the crowd of thousands around them.
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"It feels good to see people stand up and take action," Nona said. But she noted today's turnout was far from that of 2017.
"All the people who came out then need to come back out because that's the only way we're going to fix this," she said.
Nona and Michael Randois at the march.
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Participants wearing pink pussyhats at Saturday's Women's March in Pershing Square.
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