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Meet the Inspiring Activists at the Head of the Women's March on Washington
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Posted on Dec 5, 2016
Linda Sarsour, left, Carmen Perez and Tamika Mallory joined the feminist
movement to prioritize inclusivity. Tamika Mallory / Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153624251671985&set=p.10153624251
671985&type=3&theater)
"Three of the four co-chairs represent the most targeted groups by this
[coming] administration: [Carmen] Perez is Mexican-American, I'm Muslim
American, [Tamika] Mallory is black American," Linda Sarsour told The
Huffington Post. The community leaders have come together to help organize
the Jan. 21 Women's March on Washington and "make sure women of color are at
the forefront" of a movement designed to let the future president know that
women, in the words of the fourth organizer, Bob Bland, "do matter."
From The Huffington Post
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-march-on-washington-organizers_us
_58407ee8e4b017f37fe388d1) :
As co-chairs, the three women are working to forge partnerships with diverse
organizations nationwide, seeking to transform an event started almost
exclusively by white women into a movement that's firmly centered on the
experiences and interests of women of color, LGBTQ women, Muslim women and
more.
"We can't receive justice if we are not able to collaborate with other
races, people from different backgrounds, to stand in solidarity," Mallory
said. "We're working around the clock to pull together what we believe will
be one of the most historic moments of women from different races coming
together to make our voices heard on issues pertaining to marginalized
communities."
And while the march leaders maintain that the event is not anti-Trump, the
incoming president's racist, sexist and xenophobic campaign rhetoric, as
well as his anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic appointees, have clearly motivated
the gathering.
"Donald Trump's administration is a nightmare being manifested into an
administration," Sarsour said. "It's important we women show we are not
afraid."
- Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata (http://www.truthdig.com/natasha_hakimi)
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