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# Rights Icons Join Women's March … A "Movement for Dignity"
December 29 2016
Written by Nadia Prupis.
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EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION? --The [Women's March on Washington](https://www.womensmarch.com/), a mass mobilization to champion women's rights, is growing as President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches.
Organizers [announced](http://dcist.com/2016/12/planned_parenthood_gloria_steinem_h.php) this week that several high-profile supporters, including Gloria Steinem (photo left) and Harry Belafonte, will be joining the [January 21 march](http://commondreams.org/news/2016/11/15/counter-trump-women-are-mobilizing-massive-march-washington) as honorary co-chairs. Planned Parenthood has also signed on as a partner.
"This is a historic moment to come together to protect the progress we've made," Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards said in a statement. "We will send a strong message to the incoming administration that millions of people across this country are prepared to fight attacks on reproductive health care, abortion services, and access to Planned Parenthood, as they intersect with the rights of young people, people of color, immigrants, and people of all faiths, backgrounds, and incomes."
Although the organizers say the march aims to be "proactive about women's rights" rather than to target Trump specifically, the connection between his incoming [anti-choice administration](http://commondreams.org/news/2016/11/14/trumps-abortion-stance-portends-dark-days-american-women) and the organizers' goals seems clear.
Linda Sarsour, a chair of the march and executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, previously [described](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/27/womens-march-on-washington-dc-guide) the march as a "stand on social justice and human rights issues ranging from race, ethnicity, gender, religion, immigration, and healthcare."
Nearly 200,000 people have pledged to attend the march in Washington, D.C., with many traveling in from out of state. One of the largest contingents is expected to come from Massachusetts, where at least 8,000 people have signed up.
The *Boston Globe*'s Cristela Guerra [wrote ](http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/12/27/marching-make-difference-washington-and-beyond/mTb5GCXqtSOJHYnTRsLvzN/story.html)Wednesday:
What is motivating thousands to board buses to Washington, D.C., next month? It is deeply personal.
There are mothers and fathers marching with their daughters to show that women's rights are human rights. There are Jews and Hindus and Muslims, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, and allies marching against the spike in discrimination they've seen or experienced. There are people who marched earlier against the war in Vietnam or for equal rights for women. There are students making their first march on Washington.
After a [contentious beginning](http://commondreams.org/news/2016/12/01/organizers-assure-protesters-womens-march-against-trump-still) and numerous bureaucratic roadblocks, including a "[massive omnibus blocking permit](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/08/womens-march-on-washington-lincoln-memorial)" that will prevent people from demonstrating at historic D.C. landmarks, the march seems stronger than ever.
"We know that we stand on the shoulders of giants, and we are thrilled to welcome Ms. Steinem and Mr. Belafonte as honorary co-chairs," Sarsour said Tuesday. "Alongside our new partner Planned Parenthood, together we are bridging the historical struggles for women's rights and civil rights to the current intersectional movement for dignity and human rights."
**ACTION INFO: [womensmarch.com](http://womensmarch.com)**
*(Nadia Prupis writes for [Common Dreams](http://commondreams.org) … where this piece was first posted.)*
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