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followed her career path working with They could call you a felon and put you in
addicts and families. jail,” Gisela said. “But we will persevere.”
“I kept growing up and not being so She’s also membership chair for NOW
afraid,” she said. in the Treasure Valley, is a member of the
Gisela moved to Idaho in 2005 and even- NAACP, and supports Black Lives Matter.
tually settled in Boise. She tries to find common ground with
“There was the state house, and it was those who disagree with her perspective.
like a dream come true,” she said. “I think “We all have things that we love,” she
one of the first things that happened to me said. “We love our families, we love the
was I went to look at the political buildings beautiful place we live in, and then we start
and the soap opera of the government.” to work on how can we improve it so that
She began speaking out for women and everyone that’s already here feels included

Gisela Woggon, 74, has been an activist for social made signs for the women’s march in Boise and valued.”
justice and women’s equality for more than 30 years. in 2017, which was attended by more than Gisela said many attempts to add the
You’ll find her at any rally in Boise, Idaho, where 5,000 supporters of women’s civil and words “sexual orientation” and “gender
people gather to speak up against perceived injus- reproductive rights. identity” to the Idaho human rights act
tices against minorities, women, and marginalized
populations. Pictured here at a rally for diversity. Women’s equality tops her list of didn’t work out, although Meridian, Victor,
Photo by Ken Levy. action items, but she asserts all issues and Driggs, among other communities,
are human issues. enacted equal protections for the LGBTQ+
She was in her 20s when she became “I am dedicated to action, so now I’m community over the past few years.
active with the National Organization for vice chairperson at Kind Idaho.” That orga- “It is slowly happening,” she said.
Women (NOW), which met at a local coffee nization is trying to pass a 2022 medical Although many of her(and other’s)
shop in Ojai. marijuana initiative in the Gem State, which efforts have yet to bear fruit, she has no
Gisela said she didn’t always have the will take gathering 100,000 signatures “so intent of stepping aside until she sees just
luxury of being an activist, since she had the voters can decide.” resolution. Gisela says she’ll stay on the
to raise two teenagers alone, without help, Idaho is “the only place that punishes front lines however long it takes.
after leaving a violent marriage. you for having cannabis when you’re 84, and “I don’t have the luxury of not speaking
She went back to school, earning her you’re using it for sleep and osteoporosis. up anymore.” ISI
Master’s in counseling psychology then

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