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Planned Parenthood, Gloria Steinem, And Harry Belafonte Join Womens March On Washington Leadership
Source: BuzzFeed News
Planned Parenthood, Gloria Steinem, And Harry Belafonte Join Women’s March On Washington Leadership
The partnerships add recognizable figureheads to a movement
in search of unity and may indicate a clearer policy focus.
Originally posted on Dec. 27, 2016, at 8:51 p.m.
Updated on Dec. 27, 2016, at 9:13 p.m.
Blake Montgomery
BuzzFeed News Reporter
The Women’s March on Washington, a protest planned for the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC, has partnered with Planned Parenthood, writer Gloria Steinem, and Calypso musician and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
As honorary co-chairs, Belafonte and Steinem will attend the march, though their responsibilities beyond that are unclear. They may speak at the rally, though the official lineup has not been announced. Planned Parenthood will provide digital promotion, volunteers, and staff around the country, as well as event safety and security expertise. The Women’s March plans to announce more partners in the new year.
According to Bob Bland, a co-chair of the march, one goal is to mobilize people on a local level with familiar organizations as well as at the event on Jan. 21. “Our partnerships will give people who attend a huge variety of organizations they recognize that they can volunteer for as we move forward. We’ll be able to align regionally and nationally,” she told BuzzFeed News.
The partnerships add recognizable figureheads to a movement in search of unity. Working with Planned Parenthood also signals a focus on abortion and access to women’s health services as central to the march because of the health provider’s reputation. Planned Parenthood is working with organizers on programming for the event itself, though the group’s website also generally calls out environmental, LGBT, and racial issues. It has not issued an official policy platform, Bland said, but it plans to do so in the new year.
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The partnerships add recognizable figureheads to a movement
in search of unity and may indicate a clearer policy focus.
Originally posted on Dec. 27, 2016, at 8:51 p.m.
Updated on Dec. 27, 2016, at 9:13 p.m.
Blake Montgomery
BuzzFeed News Reporter
The Women’s March on Washington, a protest planned for the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, DC, has partnered with Planned Parenthood, writer Gloria Steinem, and Calypso musician and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
As honorary co-chairs, Belafonte and Steinem will attend the march, though their responsibilities beyond that are unclear. They may speak at the rally, though the official lineup has not been announced. Planned Parenthood will provide digital promotion, volunteers, and staff around the country, as well as event safety and security expertise. The Women’s March plans to announce more partners in the new year.
According to Bob Bland, a co-chair of the march, one goal is to mobilize people on a local level with familiar organizations as well as at the event on Jan. 21. “Our partnerships will give people who attend a huge variety of organizations they recognize that they can volunteer for as we move forward. We’ll be able to align regionally and nationally,” she told BuzzFeed News.
The partnerships add recognizable figureheads to a movement in search of unity. Working with Planned Parenthood also signals a focus on abortion and access to women’s health services as central to the march because of the health provider’s reputation. Planned Parenthood is working with organizers on programming for the event itself, though the group’s website also generally calls out environmental, LGBT, and racial issues. It has not issued an official policy platform, Bland said, but it plans to do so in the new year.
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