Everything You Need To Know About The Morristown Women's March

MORRISTOWN, NJ — The Women’s March on New Jersey 2018 will be held in Morristown this Saturday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m. The march will begin at Morristown Town Hall and will go to Morristown Green, where a second rally will take place.

The list of speakers includes Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty, Governor Phil Murphy, First Lady Tammy Murphy and Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver. The Women's March on New Jersey 2018 is one of many scheduled to occur throughout the country to mark the anniversary of last year’s Women’s March on Washington.

There will also be marches in New York City and Washington, D.C. on Saturday.

The main march will be Sunday, Jan. 21 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Organizers say they chose Las Vegas because it's a key battleground state for the upcoming 2018 midterms and because of the deadliest shooting in U.S. history, which took place at a concert there last summer.

“Morristown is honored to serve as the site of New Jersey’s 2018 Women’s March, in solidarity with marches taking place all across America,” said Morristown Mayor Dougherty. “Here in Morristown, diversity, tolerance and inclusion are principles we govern and live by. With officials from across the state joining the effort, I hope we can inspire citizens to engage with their elected representatives to work toward these common goals.”

Morristown Bureau of Police and its law enforcement partners will implement a security plan to protect the safety and security of attendees. Participants are asked to familiarize themselves with the prohibited items listed below. These items will NOT be allowed at the rally sites and along the route of the march. Any person attempting to enter secured areas may be subject to search by law enforcement authorities.

Prohibited items include, but are not limited to:

• Any weapon or any item that could be utilized as a weapon
• Backpacks, packages, purses and bags of any kind
• Metal or glass containers
• Matches or lighters of any kind
• Water bottles or coolers. Bottled water, sealed (such as Evian, Fiji, Poland Spring, SmartWater, etc.) will be allowed.
• Infant strollers and similar items along with some bags such as diaper bags will be allowed, but are subject to search.
• Masks of any kind or any item that can be fashioned into a mask
• Pets (unless ADA service animals)
• Bicycles, scooters, skateboards
• Tobacco products of any kind
• Laser pointers
• Water balloons
• Signs/poles made of anything but cloth, paper, foam core, cardboard
• Any item of protective clothing including helmets and shields
• Umbrellas will not be allowed into secured areas and attendees should plan accordingly given that there is a chance of rain.

Participants are encouraged to carpool or use mass transit.

The Women’s March on New Jersey is hosted by Action Together New Jersey, Black Lives Matter Morristown, BlueWaveNJ, Communications Workers of America - District One, League of Women Voters of the Morristown Area, Mobilizing Montclair, New Jersey Citizen Action, New Jersey Working Families Alliance, NJ 11th for Change, Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey, and Wind of the Spirit. For more information on the march please visit womensmarchnj2018.com.