Today, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to turn out for the second annual Women’s March. It’s a fair bet many of the people on the streets will have been to the first march last year, like Patricia Leung of Santa Clara.
I first met Leung at last year’s march in San Jose. She and her husband Jonathan Evans crocheted pink yarn pussy hats on the scene, and gave them all away. A year later, the pussy hat is still the symbol of resistance to the Trump Administration, and Leung is still crocheting.
She figures she’s made about 200 hats so far. “I can never keep up with the demand. People just keep asking for them. I’ve been producing continuously, and handing them out,” she says, adding that she’s become more politically engaged since last year’s march, and more personally engaged, too.
“I am actually a first generation immigrant. Like, from Hong Kong. I came here when I was 10. Particularly with the recent comments that the president has been making, it really strikes home, Leung says.
She started making hats with the Pussy Hat Project, and has also participated in the Welcome Blanket project the group launched last summer to celebrate refugees and immigrants in the United States.
