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The California Report

My First Protest At 13 … At An Inauguration

'I want to go to the Women’s March on Washington to express my opinions, feelings and ideas.'
Amanda Weissman
Amanda Weissman on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial on Jan. 19, 2017. (Miranda Leitsinger/KQED)

Amanda Weissman will be writing blogs for KQED about her inauguration 2017 experience and tweeting from her mom's account.

Hi! My name is Amanda Weissman, and I am 13 years old. I attend middle school in the Bay Area. My favorite classes are English and history. I also enjoy reading, theater and creative writing, and I aspire to be a professional author when I’m older.

I’ve taken an interest in politics because I care about the environment, equality, immigration and freedom of expression.

Amanda Weissman, 13, of Pacific is going to her first protest ever - and her mom's too - in attending the Women's March during the 2017 inauguration week.
Amanda Weissman, 13, of Pacifica, is going to her first protest ever -- and her mom's, too -- by attending the Women's March on Washington Saturday. (Courtesy of Margaret Robbins)

However, these issues have grown to become more important to me since the recent election. I was deeply disappointed when Hillary Clinton lost.

I want to go to the Women’s March on Washington to express my opinions, feelings and ideas. I think it is important for women to march to show their emotions regarding the current events in the world. I hope by marching that I will feel stronger than ever before.

I especially want to continue to meet new, powerful women and to one day inspire the generation following mine. I hope this experience will open my mind to new ideas and opinions.

 

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