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PORTLAND, Ore. -- This weekend, to mark the one-year anniversary of the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the subsequent historic Women’s March, several demonstrations were planned in and around downtown Portland.
None of the events were expected to draw as many people as last year's Women's March did. Organizers said 100,000 people turned out for last year's peaceful march.
Photos: 2017 Women's March on Portland
Indigenous Womxn's March
One event, the Indigenous Womxn’s March, is planned for Sunday at 1 p.m. at Terry Schrunk Plaza.
The following demonstrations took place on Saturday:
National March for Impeachment
The first event was Portland’s National March for Impeachment, which started at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Terry Schrunk Plaza. Organizers said they expected 2,000 people to attend.
"This president is not OK," said Kerstin Maroney, who participated in the protest. "He is not stable. He is a racist bigot, and he needs to go."
They began marching through downtown Portland at 1:30 p.m., shouting several chants including "No KKK, no fascist USA, no Trump" and "Immigrants are welcome here, no hate, no fear." The march reached Waterfront Park at 2:30 p.m.
Raw video: National March for Impeachment in Portland
Police said the march was not permitted and they closed some downtown roads due to safety concerns. TriMet experienced service disruptions.
MeToo March
Hundreds more participated in the second rally of the day, the MeToo March, which kicked off at Pioneer Courthouse Square at 2 p.m. The demonstration aimed at empowering survivors of sexual violence, who shared their experiences with the large crowd for about two hours.
One woman who shared her story was Phyllis Klein. She spoke of the abuse her late mother, Delores, faced.
"“Her grandfather had molested her when she was very young,” said Klein. “The most fascinating thing is when she went into dementia in her final years, she had all kinds of sexually deviant thoughts and things that just impacted her forever. She started having nightmares of being molested. All that kind of stuff just never leaves you.”
The group began marching from Pioneer Square at 4 p.m. and ended at Waterfront Park shortly after 5 p.m. Police said the march was also not permitted.
Patriot Prayer Freedom March
The final demonstration, a Freedom March led by right-wing group Patriot Prayer, began at 5 p.m. at Salmon Street Springs
“Tomorrow's main thing is to promote freedom. We've got to go back to the most important thing: freedom. You want to fight fascism, you've got to promote freedom. I don’t hear anyone in Portland ever talk about freedom,” Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson said on Friday.
A group of less than 100 people made up of Patriot Prayer supporters and counter protesters showed up at the event. They marched on the sidewalks of downtown Portland while making periodic stops for speeches.
At one point, the march approached the Hawthorne Bridge but demonstrators were turned away by police. The group returned to Waterfront Park where they dispersed at around 6:30 p.m.
Police have not reported any arrests or destruction from Saturday's demonstrations.