{"id":2453294,"date":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=319203"},"modified":"2020-01-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T07:00:00","slug":"decency-truth-to-highlight-saturday-march-in-aspen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/decency-truth-to-highlight-saturday-march-in-aspen\/","title":{"rendered":"Decency, truth to highlight Saturday march in Aspen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Betty Wallach has a message for those attending Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s Ski and March for Decency and Truth in downtown Aspen: Come armed with facts and civility, and leave the vitriol behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, all of our speakers should know to craft their speeches around decency and truth,\u201d she said Wednesday. \u201cBecause who can argue with decency and truth?\u201d<\/p>\n

Wallach, the administrative vice chair of the Pitkin County Democratic Party, said she is encouraging everyone from marchers to casual observers to avoid the type of rhetoric \u2014 spread on both sides of the political spectrum \u2014 that\u2019s factored in the country\u2019s current division. In other words, leave the \u201cDump Trump\u201d and \u201cLock Him Up\u201d signs at home, but perhaps fashion a poster to support the Roe v. Wade decision, she said.<\/p>\n

Given that it\u2019s a presidential year and political tensions are mounting, Wallach said it\u2019s important for her party to stay focused on the issues \u2014 from gun control to pushing for more funding for women\u2019s reproductive health \u2014 while staying above the fray.<\/p>\n

The event will begin not by foot, but on skis.<\/p>\n

Megan Reilly will lead the ski portion of the event by meeting participants at 10:30 a.m. by the gondola at the base of Aspen Mountain. They\u2019ll start their descent from the top at approximately 11 a.m. and meet the fellow marchers at the base at 11:30 a.m. From there, they will march to Paepcke Park, with the first of an all-female cast of speakers to begin at 11:45 a.m.<\/p>\n

The speakers will include Luisa Berne, deputy district attorney for the 9th Judicial District; author Linda Lafferty of Missouri Heights; state Rep. Julie McCluskie of House District 61; Shannon Meyer, executive director of Response; Aspen City Councilwoman Ann Mullins; Aspen City Councilwoman Rachel Richards; Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate; and Susan Wrubel, executive director and artistic director, Aspen Film. Wallach also will speak.<\/p>\n

As usual, Pitkin County Democratic Party Chair Howie, Betty\u2019s husband, will emcee the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Aspen, so you never know who else will show up,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve scored some amazing speakers in the past at the very last second.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the event coincides with the Women\u2019s Marches on Saturday, it not affiliated with the national event, the Wallachs said. The Pitkin County Democrats are hosting the Paepcke Park event.<\/p>\n

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Betty Wallach has a message for those attending Saturday\u2019s Women\u2019s Ski and March for Decency and Truth in downtown Aspen: Come armed with facts and civility, and leave the vitriol behind. \u201cThis year, all of our speakers should know to craft their speeches around decency and truth,\u201d she said Wednesday. \u201cBecause who can argue with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 20:39:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}