Denver Women Say "Kava Nope" to Supreme Court Nominee at Protest

Monday, September 24, 2018 at 2 p.m.

Kenzie Bruce Anna Crawford holds a sign during a protest of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at Senator Cory Gardner's office on September 24, 2018. "I'm here because of what my sign says: We deserve better. He would be an extremely disastrous choice," Crawford says. 1/21

Kenzie Bruce Deborah, known as Debbie, Ramirez has accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a college party. Ramirez is a Colorado resident who works as a volunteer coordinator for Boulder's Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence. 2/21

Kenzie Bruce Women wore black to stand in solidarity with victims of sexual assault. 3/21

Kenzie Bruce Tyrone Newsome and Sashanna Bernstein raise their fists to pose for a photo. Bernstein's daughter, Ruth Friberg, was named after Ruth Bader Ginsburg. 4/21

Kenzie Bruce Protest attendees hold signs to oncoming traffic along 19th Street. 5/21

Kenzie Bruce Lisa Calderón met Debbie Ramirez through an organization to help sexual-assault victims. "My heart breaks for her because I know what she is going to face, and it's already started," Calderón says. 6/21

Kenzie Bruce Calderón attended law school with Cory Gardner. 7/21

Kenzie Bruce Calderón describes Ramirez as an incredibly private, thoughtful and diligent person. 8/21

Kenzie Bruce "I know she would not come forward unless she had given this great thought," Calderón says. 9/21

Kenzie Bruce The crowd chants, "We believe survivors." 10/21

Kenzie Bruce Portia Prescott says it's time to stand up for women, citing her sixteen-year-old daughter as her motivation. "I fear her going up against an established, privileged machine," she says. 11/21

Kenzie Bruce The crowd cheers during speeches. 12/21

Kenzie Bruce Nancy Fredericks holds a sign in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. 13/21

Kenzie Bruce A group holds signs behind the speakers. 14/21

Kenzie Bruce Prescott is the co-founder of Black Girls Hike. 15/21

Kenzie Bruce Protest attendees 16/21

Kenzie Bruce Ramirez is asking for an FBI investigation. 17/21

Kenzie Bruce Protest attendees 18/21

Kenzie Bruce Laura Maretich holds a sign advocating for women to speak up about abuse. 19/21

Kenzie Bruce The protest was a collaboration of Indivisible Front Range Resistance, Indivisible Denver, Women's Lobby of Colorado, the Resistance 5280 and Indivisible Colorado District 6. 20/21

Kenzie Bruce Signs outside Gardner's office. 21/21

Denver Women Say "Kava Nope" to Supreme Court Nominee at Protest

As more women accuse Brett Kavanaugh, including Boulder's Deborah Ramirez, of sexual harassment, activist groups from the Front Range held a protest outside Republican Senator Cory Gardner's Denver office on Monday, September 24, to protest the U.S. Supreme Court nominee. The protest was a collaboration between Indivisible Front Range Resistance, Indivisible Denver, Women's Lobby of Colorado, the Resistance 5280 and Indivisible Colorado District 6.

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