#womensmarchglobal

[the-99-percenters]

Reposted from @womensmarchglobal (@get_regrann) - In just 2 weeks we will join together with people all around the world to #MarchForOurHumanRights. Every single action, every single voice counts. Check the link in our bio ☝️ to find out how you can join! #WomensMarch2020 #WhyIMarch #WomensMarchGlobal #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B67VO0lA-qM/?igshid=myhxeo9i92gs

[thepinupnoire]

Our Bodies Our Choice! #RoeVWade anniversary today. #RepublicanHypocrisy wants to take away a Woman's Right to choose, yet wants to also ELIMINATE, OPPOSE, DEFUND or REPEAL various policies that support it's American citizens (i.e: Obamacare, minimum wage increase, public assistance, defund public education, defund #PlannedParenthood and more). A little backwards eh? Enough Is Enough! We shouldn't have to be fighting to keep our rights!!! • • • • • • • • #IMarchForUS #7in10ForRoe #WomensMarch #WomensMarchLA #WomensMarchGlobal #WomensMarch2017 #WeMarch #HumanRights #WomensRights #WhyIMarch (at Los Angeles, California)

[fuckyeahspoon]

[pancakesfortwo]

The world is watching, and it's time to show them that love trumps hate. #womensmarch #womensmarchglobal #womensmarchvienna #lovetrumpshate (hier: Stadtpark, Vienna)

[samdcim-blog]

Starting a Revolution

Hundreds, thousands, millions. All marching with the harmonious objective of advocating not only women’s rights, but those of other marginalized groups such as minorities, LGBTQ, etc. Starting a march or activist movement is no easy feat. For Teresa Shook, however, it seemed as easy and instantaneous as creating a Facebook page. It was November 8th, the world had all eyes on the United States as Donald Trump had just won the presidency. 

Like many others, Teresa was dumbfounded, discouraged, and upset at the election outcome. The next night, she took to Facebook and created a Facebook event page calling for a march on Washington after Trump’s inauguration. The retired attorney went to bed with 40 responses and woke up to more than 10,000. Bob Bland, a New York-based fashion designer did the same and pushed to “build a coalition of ALL marginalized allies + do this,” he wrote on Facebook. Bland had grown a following after designing “Nasty Woman” and “Bad Hombre” t-shirts. Piggybacking off of these designs, he proposed a “Million Pussy March.”

Image Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/01/the-inauguration-and-the-counter-inauguration/514055/

Bland worked with others to consolidate these protest pages, including Shook’s and then teamed up with three New York-based activists to be co-chairs of the national march. This trio included Tamika Mallory, a gun control advocate, Carmen Perez, head of the Gathering for Justice, and Linda Sarsour who had led a successful campaign to close New York City public schools on two Muslim holidays. The increasing support for this march and movement was shaping it up to be one of the largest inauguration demonstrations in history. Naming it took a few days. An early name considered was “Million Woman March,” but in the end, the organizers adopted “Women’s March on Washington” paying homage to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights march of 1963. The organizers even got the blessing of King’s daughter, Bernice. 

Today, there is not only a march on Washington, but all over the country and the world. WomensMarchGlobal.org houses event calendars and news on all Women’s March chapters in the world. Notable marches are in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and even countries overseas such as Sweden, Italy, France, etc. On the Women’s March Global website, people are able to see the many chapters of Women’s March all around the country and the world. What started as a Facebook page quickly grew into a monumental march, and then sister marches, and now a worldwide movement. As you will see, modern day activist movements are often fueled by social media, online communities, and celebrities or people of power acting as figureheads to further advocate the cause.

[osradis]

20+ blocks from the start of the March! #WomensMarch #WomensMarch2018 #Resist #1YearSinceWomensMarch #Vote #PowerToThePolls #TogetherWeRise #LookBackMarchForward #WomensMarchGlobal (at American Museum of Natural History)

[phillynessa]

#womensmarchdc #WomensMarchGlobal #womensmarchanniversary #womenpower

[iamxilomen]

After my oral statement at the United Nations, I was interviewed by Uma of @womensmarchglobal. We talked about the inception of #lifeinleggings, it's mission as a grassroots organisation, our current work as well as the importance of CEDAW regarding the advancement of women in Barbados. My work has led me to meet the most amazing women in the field of activism and my experiences constantly remind me of why we are stronger together. In solidarity! ❤ #intersectionalfeminism #lifeinleggings #womensmarchglobal #activism #advocacy #womensrightsarehumanrights #cedaw #geneva #resister #sisterhood (at Brigdetown, Barbados)