Twin Ports Women's March 2018

Joining together once again to resist, persist, and INSIST that we are still here, fighting for peace, justice, and equality against systems of oppression.

Meet at 11 a.m. at the Building for Women. We will march along 1st St. to the Duluth City Hall for a program of speakers featuring Andrea Crouse, emcee Jackie Halberg, Terresa Hardaway, Arshia Khan, Mayor Emily Larson, LeAnn Littlewolf, Marisa Ring, Superior City Councilor Jenny van Sickle, and music by Lyz Jaakola and the Oshkii Giizhik Singers and Sara Thomsen; spoken word poetry by Mizjanetta Paul, ARE Poets.

Co-sponsors include: AAUW Duluth, Adeline Inc., Audio Visual Resources, Bent Paddle, Beth Bartlett (Spiritual Director, Educator, Consultant, and Facilitator), Rebecca Bischoff, Blackbird Revolt, Blacklist Brewing, Sara Blaylock, BLUSH, Building for Women, CSS Women and Gender Studies Program, Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce, Duluth Coffee Company, Duluth DFL, Duluth For Clean Water, Duluth NAACP, Feminist Consciousness United (UMD), Feminist Justice League, First Witness Child Advocacy Center, Gamma Sigma Sigma (UMD), Grandmothers for Peace, Nancy Henderson-Korpi, HOTDISH Militia, Loaves and Fishes Catholic Worker Community, Luke Chiropractic & Wellness, Mending the Sacred Hoop, Betsy Malone, Mighty Indivisible 8th District, MN DFL Senate District 07, MPIRG-UMD, Native Lives Matter & NLM Coalition, Northeast Area Labor Council, Northwoods Women of Science, Occupy Duluth, Our Revolution-Duluth, PAVSA, Planned Parenthood MN-ND-SD, Rural American Indigenous Leadership, Safe Haven, Erin Sheets, Sir Ben’s Tavern on the Lake, Socialist Action, Spiritd, Take Action MN, Tina Welsh and Kathy Heltzer, Twin Ports Democratic Socialists of America, UMD College Democrats, UMD Commission for Women, UMD LGBTQ Studies Minor, UMD Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Veterans for Peace Ch. 80, Wendy Wright, Women’s Health Center, The Women’s Resource and Action Center at UMD, Yarn Harbor.

People of all genders and sexual identities and expressions are welcome to attend. We are committed to an inclusive, accessible, family-friendly, and peaceful, non-violent march. Please be mindful in your chants and signs.

If you or your organization would like to co-sponsor through supportive donations, gifts in kind, and/or volunteer efforts, please email femnaction@gmail.com. Any surplus donations will be passed on to the Building for Women.