Women's March on
Washington
Organizers
The four co-chairs are Linda Sarsour, the
executive director of the Arab American Association of New York; Tamika
Mallory, a political organizer and former executive director of the National Action Network; Carmen
Perez, an executive director of the political action group The Gathering for Justice;
and Bob Bland, a fashion designer who focuses on ethical manufacturing.[4][5] Vanessa
Wruble, co-founder and co-president of Okayafrica, serves as Head of Campaign
Operations.[21] Gloria Steinem, Harry Belafonte, LaDonna Harris, Angela Davis and Dolores Huerta
are serving as honorary co-chairs.[23][6]
Throughout Donald Trump's campaign, he promised to defund
Planned Parenthood as long as it performs abortions. Planned
Parenthood has partnered with the march by providing staff and offering
knowledge related to planning a large-scale event.[24]
President Cecile Richards
believes the march will “send a strong message to the incoming administration
that millions of people across this country are prepared to fight attacks on
reproductive healthcare, abortion services and access to Planned Parenthood." The
organization "hopes that [in the future] many of the protesters will
mobilize in its defense when Trump and congressional Republicans make their
attempt to strip the organization of millions in federal funding." The
national organizing director stressed the importance of continuing action at a
local level and remaining active after the event.
National Action Network
Al
Sharpton is the president & founder for the National Action Network, and a member of the Phi Beta Sigma.
Note: John R. Lewis is a
member of the Phi Beta Sigma, and
was the chairman for the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Julian
Bond was a co-founder for the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and a director at the People for the American Way.
Lear
Family Foundation was a funder for the People for
the American Way, and a donor for the Movement
Resource Group.
Movement
Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy
Movement.
Occupy Wall
Street was the initial protest for Occupy
Movement.
Norman
Lear is the president of the Lear
Family Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.
Dolores Huerta
is a director at the People for the
American Way, and a director at the Feminist
Majority Foundation.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way.
George
Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Cecile Richards
is the president of the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America, the president of the Planned
Parenthood Action Fund, and was the founder & president of America Votes.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
People
for the American Way is a national partner with America Votes.
Margery Tabankin
is a director at the People for the
American Way, and the treasurer for the Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the People for the American Way.
Lear
Family Foundation was a funder for the People
for the American Way, and a donor for the Movement Resource Group.
Movement
Resource Group was a funder for the Occupy
Movement.
Occupy Wall
Street was the initial protest for Occupy
Movement.
Norman
Lear is the president of the Lear
Family Foundation, and a director at the People for the American Way.
Dolores Huerta
is a director at the People for the
American Way, and a director at the Feminist
Majority Foundation.
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