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Ellen Convisser, president of the Boston branch of the National Organization for Women (NOW), says students are "the heart of the [abortion rights] movement and will continue to be." She says about 6000 participants from the Boston area came to the Washington rally...
Harvard-Radcliffe Students for Choice sent 320 students to Washington in buses, according to Julia L. Shaffner '91, the group's coordinator. She estimates that 300 other students from Harvard went independently...
...perception is that our generation isn't willing to fight for rights we've grown up with," says Ashley E. Abbott, a Dartmouth College sophomore who attended the Washington protest. "But we're fighting...
Sixteen Catholic colleges and universities, including Boston College, Georgetown University and Catholic University, sent representatives to the Washington mobilization, NOW organizers...
Besides traveling to Washington for the rally, some students contributed to the effort by helping to plan local events, Bowman says...