President-Elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office Jan. 20.
And the day after that, more than half a million women and their allies will take to the streets of Washington D.C. and the world.
That includes sister marches in Las Vegas, Reno and Stateline, Nevada, in the north.
Organizers say the Women’s March on Washington — that's its official name — is not a protest of our new president, but a way to bring together those who feel disenfranchised by the recent election.
“This is a peaceful assembly of the people," co-organizer Deborah Harris told KNPR's State of Nevada. "This is about empowerment. This is about engagement.”
Harris said the march is about channeling the fear and confusion that many people have felt since the election into a movement.
“Anybody can wake up and be angry, but not everybody can wake up and do something about it,” she said.
The organizers of the local march and the national march are likening it to the historic March on Washington in the '60s.
“It is about picking that power back up as a citizen that is part of a democracy,” she said. “This generation and generations to come they needed to be educated about exactly what they can do at each step. So we don’t get lazy again. So, we don’t lose hope again like this.”
Beyond marching in Las Vegas or Los Angeles or Washington, D.C., Harris hopes the national organizers move ahead with a platform that lays out specific efforts that can be used in each state to effect specific policies.
“I’m hoping personally, by end of February, that we have a clear formula that we can disseminate through the states,” she said.
She wants people who are unhappy about the election to look for organizations in their communities right now that are looking for help.
“You can do something," she said. "Something positive. Something that will make a difference.”
The event, which will take place January 21 at 11 a.m. in downtown Las Vegas, will march west on Fremont Street and south on Las Vegas Boulevard, ending at the Lloyd George Federal Courthouse. Speakers at the rally following the march will include a diverse group of people from elected officials to high school students.
“This is our country — take it back," Harris said. "It is not too late to take it back.”
Deborah Harris, co-organizer, Women's March Las Vegas