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List of planned locations for the 2018 Women's March This list is maintained here as a resource for List of 2018 Women's March locations in the long slow process of replacing dozens of actionnetwork references with invitations for planned events with content related to the actual marches that took place on January 20 and 21 with reliable sources. Starting with Wyoming and going up the list, I am gradually replacing these city by city.

Planned events in the United States
Speakers at the January 20, 2018 rallies called for more women to run for office.

Alaska
Other marches planned in Alaska in Cordova and Fairbanks include Cordova and Fairbanks, who plans to host it at Goldenheart Plaza at 12 pm. Marches on January 20 are also planned for Juneau (10am, 4th street in front of State Capitol), Ketchikan (11am 131 Front Street), Petersburg (9am, at The Fleet), Kodiak, Valdez, and Gustavus. A march was planned for January 21 in Unalaska.

Arizona
In Arizona, events were planned in Prescott, Sedona, Nogales, Payson, and Flagstaff on January 20, and in Phoenix and Ajo on January 21.

California


According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, about 600,000 marched in Los Angeles from Pershing Square, to Grand Park and the City Hall on the morning of January 20, calling for equal rights for women in a rally that reflected the rise of the #MeToo and #TimesUp" movements. They marched to end violence, and to protect the rights of women, workers, people with disabilities, immigrants, indigenous peoples, and environmental and civil rights. The Palestinian American Women's Association (PAWA) withdrew from the march because Scarlett Johansson was a featured speaker. The PAWA criticize Johansson's role as "first global brand ambassador" for the Israeli company SodaStream. She was featured in their television commercial during the February 2014 Super Bowl XLVIII. SodaStream is one of the Israeli companies targeted by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, launched in 2005 to pressure Israel to end the occupation. SodaStream operates its primary plant in Mishor Adumim on contested land.

In California, marches and rallies were planned for January 20, in Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego. Marches are also planned for many smaller cities including Eureka, Fresno, Modesto, Monterey Bay, Napa Valley, Pacifica, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz (including art installations), Sonoma, Ventura with a march and an event titled “Ventura County Rising”, and Walnut Creek. A march was planned for January 21 in Redding.

Colorado
In Colorado, marches and rallies are planned in Denver, Grand Junction, Cortez, Vail, Aspen, Gunnison, Broomfield, and Pueblo on January 20 and in Colorado Springs, Steamboat Springs, and Crested Butte on January 21.

Connecticut
In Connecticut, marches were scheduled for January 20, in Hartford, Salisbury, and East Haddam. The Hartford march drew about 10,000 participants.

Delaware
In Delaware, a march is planned in Newark on January 20.

Florida
In Florida, marches are planned on January 20 in Tallahassee, Sarasota, Pensacola, Panama City, Naples, Vero Beach, Melbourne, and Sebring. Additional marches are planned on January 21 in Jacksonville, Miami, St. Petersburg, Orlando, and Bokeelia.

Georgia
In Georgia, rallies are scheduled for January 20 in Atlanta and for January 21 in Savannah. and Statesboro

Hawaii
In Hawaii, events are scheduled on January 20 in Honolulu and Hilo, and on January 21 in Kailua-Kona.

Idaho
In Idaho, events are scheduled for January 20 in Ketchum at the Town Square and in Sandpoint at Sandpoint Middle School. Another event will be held on January 21 at the State Capitol in Boise. Another rally will be held on January 21 at the Twin Falls County Courthouse beginning at 11am in Twin Falls.

Illinois
In Chicago, an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 marchers gathered in Grant Park (Chicago) some carrying slogans, such as "Strong women raising strong women." In Illinois, Women's March on Chicago organizers are working to hold an event in the Chicago Loop on January 20. The march in Chicago is meant to "celebrate resistance, demand laws protecting women, support women's place in power and stand with the women caring for children, elders and people with disabilities." Additional events are scheduled on January 20 in Carbondale, Springfield, East Peoria, Galesburg, Kankakee, and Rockford.

Indiana
In Indiana, marches are planned in Indianapolis and Madison on January 20.

Iowa
In Iowa, events are planned on January 20 in Des Moines, Iowa City, Lamoni, and Decorah.

Kansas
In Kansas, events are planned on January 20 in Wichita and Pittsburg, and on January 21 in Topeka.

Kentucky
In Kentucky, events are planned on January 20 in Lexington and Pikeville, and on January 21 in Louisville and Paducah.

Louisiana
In Louisiana, Now Baton Rouge is planning the Women's March New Orleans on January 20, from noon to 4 p.m. at Duncan Plaza in New Orleans. An event is also scheduled on January 20 in Shreveport. The march in New Orleans was a huge success. In 2017 NOPD estimated 10,000 participants in making it the single largest demonstration in New Orleans History. The Women's March 2018 was estimated by NOPD and the Times-Picayune to have 10-15,000 participants making even larger that 2017. The march stretched for over a half mile while advancing through the French Quarter.

Maine
In Maine, a gathering at the Maine State House in Augusta, "Maine Women’s March 2.0: Power to the Polls", starts at 11am. Additional events are scheduled in Bangor, Bar Harbor, and Prospect Harbor.

Maryland


In Maryland, the Baltimore Women's March: March Forward will be held on January 20, from 11 to 2 p.m. beginning at War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore. Additional events are scheduled on January 20 in Annapolis and on January 21 in Frederick and Ocean City.

Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, March Forward Massachusetts, the organization behind the 2017 Boston Women’s March, is coordinating a series of events across Massachusetts January 19 – 21, 2018 that include the Cambridge/Boston Women's March: The People Persist from 1-3 pm at the Cambridge Common

Michigan
In Michigan, Women's March Michigan plans to host events in Lansing and Marquette. Additional events are planned on January 20 in Traverse City, Holland, and Adrian, and on January 21 in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Midland, Houghton, Douglas, and Saint Joseph.

Minnesota
In Minnesota, events are planned on January 20 in Rochester, Mankato, Thief River Falls, and Grand Marais, and on January 21 in Saint Paul and Morris.

Mississippi
In Mississippi, and event is planned on January 20 in Jackson.

Missouri
In Missouri, Women's March in St. Louis, beginning at 10AM at Union Station and in Springfield.



Montana


In Montana, marches were held in Billings, Butte, Bozeman, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Miles City, and Missoula on January 20. Native American marchers raised concerns about missing and murdered indigenous women.

Nebraska
In Nebraska, marches are planned in Omaha and Lincoln on January 20.

Nevada
In Nevada, marches are planned in Las Vegas and Reno. In Las Vegas, organizers have planned an event called "Power to the Polls".

New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, events are planned on January 20 in Concord, Portsmouth, Wilton, and Lancaster, and on January 21 in Jackson and Peterborough.

New Jersey
In New Jersey, the Women's March is planned to take place in Morristown. The march was moved to the headquarters of Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen from Trenton. There have been weekly demonstrations against Frelinghuysen in this locale since the Women's Marches of 2017. Additional events are planned on January 20 in Leonia and Ocean City.

New Mexico
In New Mexico, marches are planned for Saturday, January 20 in Truth or Consequences, Taos, and Socorro, and on Sunday, January 21 in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces, and Fort Sumner.

New York


According to one estimate, there were more 120,000 protesters at the march in New York on January 20, 2018. In New York, demonstrations are planned for New York City, Seneca Falls, Albany, Staten Island, and Rochester.

North Carolina


In North Carolina, demonstrations are planned for Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville, Black Mountain, Hillsborough, and the Triad.

North Dakota
In North Dakota, a march is planned in Fargo on January 20. A rally will be held in Bismarck on January 19.

Ohio
In Ohio, a march and voter registration session is planned in Cleveland. Additional marches are planned on January 20 in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Athens, Mount Vernon, and Wooster, and on January 21 in Toledo.

Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, events are planned on January 20 in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Oregon
In Oregon, events are planned on January 20 in Brookings, Grants Pass, Medford, Klamath Falls, Port Orford, Coos Bay, Roseburg, Bend, Eugene, Corvallis, Albany, Tillamook, Astoria, The Dalles, and La Grande.

Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, rallies are planned on January 20 in Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Sharon, Hollidaysburg, and Bloomsburg, and on January 21 in Pittsburgh, Millheim, Indiana, and Doylestown.

Rhode Island
In Rhode Island, an event is planned on January 20 in Providence the State House South Lawn from 12PM - 2PM.

South Carolina
In South Carolina, Tamika Gadsden is planning a woman's march in Charleston. Other cities in South Carolina include Greenville and Myrtle Beach.

South Dakota
In South Dakota marches are planned on January 20 in Sioux Falls and Pierre.

Tennessee
In Tennessee, events are planned on January 20 in Memphis, Chattanooga, and Johnson City, and on January 21 in Knoxville. Marchers in Knoxville were forced to change their parade route when the neo-Nazi group, the Traditionalist Worker's Party (TWP) planned a counter-demonstration.

Texas
In Texas, marches are planned on January 20 in Austin, Houston Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo, Lubbock Denton,  Waco Brownsville, Beaumont, Midland, Palestine, and Wichita Falls, and on January 21 in El Paso and Alpine. Additional cities include San Antonio and Nacogdoches.

Utah
In Utah, events are planned on January 20 in Logan, Ogden, and Park City.

Vermont
In Vermont, events are planned on January 20 in Montpelier and on January 21 in Manchester Ctr.

Virginia
In Virginia, events are planned on January 20 in Bristol, Independence, Galax, Hillsville, Roanoke, Richmond, and Williamsburg, and on January 21 in Norfolk.

Washington
In Washington State, the march in Seattle is being called "Women's March 2.0". In Bellingham, Women Marching for Unity, Equity, Justice, and Humanity are sponsoring a march to commemorate the anniversary of the historic march in 2017 which drew 10,000 citizens into the streets. Additional events are planned on January 20 in Ocean Shores, Olympia, Kenmore, Port Townsend, Friday Harbor, Eastsound, Yakima, Moses Lake, and Omak, and on January 21 in Spokane and Richland.

Washington, D.C.
In Washington, D.C., thousands gathered at the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial and marched to the White House. The crowd was smaller than the 2017 rally, which according to WUSA9 had almost 500,000 participants.

West Virginia
In West Virginia, a march is planned in Beckley on January 20.

Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, marches are planned on January 20 in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Minocqua, Wausau, Janesville, and Walworth.

Wyoming
In Wyoming, events are planned on January 20 in Cheyenne, Jackson, and Pinedale.