A little over a year ago, over five million people worldwide gathered to stand up for women's rights, just one day after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States.

"Nasty" women and men from all different races, ethnicities, nationalities, backgrounds, etc. with different sexual preferences, gender identities, and political leanings showed up one day to tell not only Donald Trump, not only the U.S. Government, and not only the United States, but the entire world that we were not going to let inequality have a place in our lives.

I, then a doe-eyed freshman in college, traveled to Washington D.C. (with maybe $30 in my pocket and the best roommate ever) on a bus with the local Planned Parenthood to march.

This was a life-changing experience.

It was incredible to be surrounded hundreds of thousands of diverse people all coming together for one purpose: equality.

Now, a year later, I have so many mixed emotions. The feminist and liberal movements have made some progress in the last 365 days, but we still have a women-hating President, a Congress who literally couldn't give a shit about our reproductive rights, and more and more sexual assault and harassment happening every single day.

I am a very political person; I have very strong views about almost every political topic. However recently I've had to ignore the news and the media because it literally makes me depressed to see the people of this world doing such terrible things.

I go to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia where, in August 2017, the Alt-Right came, took our confidence in the world away, injured people, and even murdered people. It's easy to ignore the media when terrible things are happening in the world, but when it's happening in the city that you live in and love, it can't go unnoticed.

They waved their torches on the lawn of my school, and that is an image that I and every person of this community will never be able to shake.

These things can no longer go unnoticed. We must take action.

Although there has been a lot of shitty things that have happened in the year since the women's march, there has been some progress, and that also cannot go unnoticed.

One great thing that has happened in Charlottesville, Va is that an African American woman ran for city council and won! Just two months after racists white men invaded our city.

She went on to be appointed to be Mayor Of Charlottesville! The first African American woman to be mayor, with another woman as vice mayor of the city.

Nationally, women have been able to bring to surface their experiences with sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. The "me too" movement has been flourishing in Hollywood and has transcended to the general public of women. Women everywhere in the US and beyond have found the strength to tell the world, to tell their loved ones, or just to tell their closest friends that they had been sexually assaulted or harassed.

Intersectional feminism is the new wave of feminism now. White women are finally letting our less privileged sisters have a voice.

My favorite quote that I had at the women's march was, "If you want to be on the correct side of any movement, follow women of color." I live by this quote.

Although we've made some progress this year, we have so far to come. We need to stop sharing posts on Facebook, and retweeting/reblogging feminist stuff on Twitter and tumblr. Bringing awareness is great, but it is time to ACT.

There are several ways to act that most everyone can do, and it will make a difference. Call and email your congressmen and state legislatures! Let them know how you feel! PArticipate in groups and movements on your college campus! Get involved! VOTE! For the love of God, register and vote in every election, even local! Research about issues happening in other parts of the world and bring awareness to your community!

Support your other sisters, no matter what color she is, where she came from, what religion she practices, what genitalia she has, and who she chooses to have sex with. We are all in this together, and in order to make a change, we have to be united. Lift each other up!

Ladies, whether you have a vagina or not, we have power. We have a voice. It is our time to say what we want, to be heard, and to GET what we deserve.