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On the Road to the American Woman
DIVERSE, Robust, Resilient By Melina Paris, Contributing Writer
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Long Beach community arts advocate Nicolassa Galvez, left, and songwriter Alyssandra Nighswonger are taking a threeweek road trip, which they are calling the Road to the American Woman. The trip documents their journey to the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., to protest the inauguration of misogynist Donald Trump as president of the United States. Photo by Jon Wallace
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illary Clinton was believed to be a shoo-in for the Oval Office, especially given the Republican nominee’s confession of habitually sexually assaulting women and getting away with it because of his celebrity. However, the election did not go as expected. Donald Trump became president-elect of the United States, leaving millions of women — gay, straight, and bisexual; cis and transgender; white women and women of color — to reexamine what it means to be an American woman. Ahead of the inauguration, the threat to women’s progress is clear. Long Beach community arts advocate Nicolassa Galvez and songwriter Alyssandra Nighswonger are two of the many women pondering how they will be impacted in this ominous environment. On Jan. 21, they will be taking a three week road trip across the United States to participate and bear witness to the Women’s March on Washington, D.C. They are calling this road trip, the Road to the American Woman. The idea for the Women’s March on Washington was formed Nov. 9, the day after the election. Teresa Shook, a grandmother residing in Hawaii, organized 40 of her friends to march on Washington, D.C. Like dominoes, her friends invited their friends and the idea hit the Facebook group Pantsuit Nation. Administrators on Facebook pages generated thousands of sign-ups by the hour and eventually consolidated into one united effort. A friend suggested to Nighswonger that she go to the march on Washington. As a singer and songwriter who looks for ways to connect with audiences, the idea got the wheels in her mind turning. “Since the election people have been speaking out and there is a
Michael Justice (Oct. 22, 1955 – Jan. 4, 2017) By Terelle Jerricks, Managing Editor
The irony of Justice’s death is that after traveling the world in places more dangerous than this, he died less than a mile from his home on a routine assignment.” “It’s a sad day for the Port of LA and the photojournalism community,” POLA spokesman Phillip Sanfield said. “We are feeling his loss deeply.” Justice, 61, was born and reared in Torrance. He’s been a freelance photographer for almost 30 years. He discovered his love for photography at Torrance High School, where he took a class in the subject. At the [See Justice, p. 17]
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old Christopher Reed, were pulled out of the two-seater copter that crashed near the San Pedro breakwater the next day. Justice was doing some aerial photography for the Port of Los Angeles for whom he had worked since 2010. Publisher James Preston Allen fondly remembers several of his conversations with Justice. “Michael was one of the best photojournalists who I’ve had the opportunity to work with over the 36 years [of this paper],” Allen said. “I considered him as something more than a colleague. He was my friend and I’ll miss him….
Photojournalist Michael Justice. Photo by Casey Warren.
Michael Justice was the quintessential photographer stricken with wanderlust. During his long career, Justice followed his camera to assignments in 62 countries. By the time he landed in San Pedro, a little bit of that wanderlust had worn away. Random Lengths News began collaborating with Justice in 2008, when he shot photos for its publication HarborLiving. As the managing editor, I worked closely with him. He was a great photographer with an interesting back-story. On Jan. 4, Justice died in a helicopter accident. He and the helicopter’s pilot, 41-year-
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