“Unite for Women’s Rights” sign at rally for reproductive rights in St. Petersburg, Florida. By Seán Kinane/WMNF News (3 May 2022).
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The protesters called for Tampa residents to stand with women’s rights and labor movements.
They also invited people to stand against the ongoing attacks on immigrant communities and the war in Iran.
The day was filled with people making posters and speeches.
This is an excerpt from one of the speeches posted on the social media of the Freedom Road Socialist group.
“To fight against Trump and his agenda is crucial to fight against women’s oppression everywhere. The large-scale attack on immigrant women makes it so they face sexual abuse and sterilization as they have for decades… while others have had their family and their children ripped away from them.”
Students for a Democratic Society called on the University of South Florida to impose stronger protections against sexual harassment on campus.
“Inclusion cannot just be a paragraph on their website; it has to be something women and LGBTQ students feel as they walk across campus at night. It has to be something that exists when a woman reports harassment to their faculty.”
The rally was organized by Tampa’s Immigrant Rights Committee.