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What comes after the Women's March

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Many Canadians joined women's marches and protests in cities across North America this weekend. Organizers will be planning local actions to maintain the movement however the Women's March DC organizers put together this list to keep us going.  Take action, keep organizing because this is not a one time action.  

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Revolutionary program empowers girls with media literacy and activism skills

Photo: Access to Media Education Society (AMES)

In this social media age where the youth demographic is expected to be proficient in all media platforms and propel this technological evolution at an unprecedented rate, it truly matters who continues to take up space and whose voices are at the table.

If young people, particularly marginalized and underrepresented voices, "don't have the skills to use online, they don't have a voice in society," said Megan Ryland, program coordinator of #HerDigitalVisions, a project of B.C.-based organization Access to Media Education Society (AMES).

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