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Women's rallies and marches planned for the Tri-Counties this weekend

Women's marches are planned for Ventura and Santa Barbara this weekend.


Gayatri Malhotra
Women's marches are planned for Ventura and Santa Barbara this weekend.

Events set for Ventura and Santa Barbara Saturday.

Reproductive rights. Social equity. Protecting democracy. Those are some of the themes of women’s marches taking place all over the nation this weekend, including some in the Tri-Counties.

In Ventura, a rally will take place at Ventura’s Plaza Park from 10 to noon on Saturday. It will be followed by a march through downtown Ventura at noon.

In Santa Barbara, there will be a rally at De La Guerra Plaza beginning at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. It will be followed by a vigil and march.

Both events will feature a number of educational elements dealing with topics like combating sexual assault, and how to become involved in community activism.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.