400 Ridgewood-Area Women Going To March Washington, D.C.

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Four hundred women from Ridgewood and the surrounding area are slated to attend the Women's March on Washington Saturday.

The march will take place the day after President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

Estimates put the number of people attending the march at about 200,000, according to organizers. About 1,200 permits have been issued for buses to park at RFK Stadium, compared to just 200 for Trump's inauguration, according to Washington, D.C. Councilman Charles Allen, as quoted by The Washington Post.

About 80 participants got together in Ridgewood Monday to discuss the march. The women are not affiliated with any group or organization.

"From my personal experience, a lot of different groups are coalescing around the idea that it just doesn't feel good," said Gwenn Hauck, the group's unofficial organizer. "Some people are feminists, some people are saying it's about education. It is coming from a wide variety of viewpoints."

National organizers have said the demonstration is not a direct protest of Trump's presidency, although the movement has a message that appears to directly reference the inflammatory comments Trump has made about women throughout his campaign.

"The Women’s March on Washington will send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights," a statement on the march's official Facebook page said. "We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us."

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Hauck said that local participants are not going to foster an atmosphere discomfort of negativity at the march.

"Nobody wants to be rebellious, but they just have a general feeling of discomfort regarding this administration," Hauck said. "I would say the mood is split between frightened and being vigil for democracy."

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Additional reporting by Dan Taylor

Photo: Seventy-five area women gathered at a rally in Ridgewood recently to prepare for Women's March on Washington Saturday. — Courtesy of Gwenn Hauck