 Thanks for checking this video out your mountaintop news video is coming up in just a minute Did you know this could be watched thousands of times shared a bunch of times likes comments you name it It's gonna be there. Why is it your ad here? Call me On Sunday, January 22nd women's rights activists rallied at the Pikeville County Fiscal Courthouse to discuss the problems women face And how they can overcome said problems gender equality was the main talking point for the event and both women and men were in attendance to join the conversation So today was reflecting national action for the women's March thing this year is bigger than row as As people know today was 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, which was unfortunately overturned this past summer So as a result we wanted to to have a have a chance for the community to gather and discuss the issues that affect You know women in the area women in a national level just all of us as a community here in southern Appalachia were often characterized as as you know backwards or Conservative or uneducated, so it's wonderful to see people being involved in their community and involved in things that affect us on On a larger scale to fight against those stereotypes that people tend to have against us The rally also featured guest speakers and gave everyone in attendance an opportunity to voice their opinions Those involved were able to show their dedication and advocacy towards today's socio-political issues Okay, so in addition to myself. We had speakers today like activist Daniel Kirk. We had Stephanie Richards who works with Artists collaborative theater dr. Janessa killer bowling all gave fantastic speeches All of that's going to be posted on our online and our social media accounts So people weren't able to attend today because I know it was it's a weekend. It's it's been a rainy Days, it's not you know great to get out in people will still be able to to engage with the content We've people will still be able to engage with what we were doing here today It's a much more far-reaching interconnected issue than people tend to tend to consider it so yeah, I feel like the The struggle for women's rights the struggle for human rights and affects all of us whether whether you identify as a woman or not Reporting from out in top news. I'm Nick column