The March was only the beginning
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News and updates from the struggle for justice
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October 2018
- Oct 27, 2018 March For Racial Justice Stands With All Victims of Violent and Racist Rhetoric Oct 27, 2018
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August 2018
- Aug 17, 2018 White nationalists dwarfed by crowds of counterprotesters in Washington Aug 17, 2018
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January 2018
- Jan 9, 2018 Supplemental Report for the M4RJ Statement Condemning TPS Termination for Haiti Jan 9, 2018
- Jan 9, 2018 M4RJ Condemns DHS Termination of TPS for 200,000 Salvadorans Jan 9, 2018
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November 2017
- Nov 21, 2017 M4RJ Denounces Trump's Move to Deport 59,000 Haitian Immigrants Nov 21, 2017
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October 2017
- Oct 11, 2017 M4RJ Rejects The FBI's Recent Report on "Black Identity Extremists" Oct 11, 2017
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September 2017
- Sep 26, 2017 Solidarity With Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Sep 26, 2017
- Sep 15, 2017 M4RJ Solidarity Statement with St. Louis Sep 15, 2017
- Sep 13, 2017 M4RJ Endorses March for Black Women Sep 13, 2017
- Sep 5, 2017 M4RJ Marches to #DefendDACA Sep 5, 2017
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August 2017
- Aug 29, 2017 Helpful #HurricaneHarvey Resources Aug 29, 2017
- Aug 16, 2017 Statement Regarding Yom Kippur Aug 16, 2017
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July 2017
- Jul 26, 2017 M4RJ Yom Kippur Statement Jul 26, 2017
Speakers
Johnnie Jae
Board Member of Not Your Mascots and LiveIndigenousOK, Writer, speaker, and advocate from the Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw tribes of Oklahoma, and founder and CEO of A Tribe Called Geek
Graylan Hagler
Local pastor and activist of Faith Strategies, Helped organize the March to Confront White Supremacy
Steven Douglass
Washington DC pastor, activist, and representative for the Terrence Sterling family
Erika Andiola
Political Director of Our Revolution and immigration activist
Ana Rondon
Organizer and immigration activist, Many Languages One Voice and the Justice 4 Terrence Sterling team
Valerie Castile
Mother of Philando Castile, founder of Philando Castile Relief Foundation
Linda Sarsour
fmr. Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York, Organizer for the 2017 Women's March, Palestinian-American political activist
Michaela Angela Davis
Writer on African-American style, race, gender and hip-hop culture in the United States
Gloria Steinem
American feminist, journalist, and social political activist
Farah Tanis
Co-Founder/Executive Director of Black Women's Blueprint and organize for the U.S. Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Sexual Assault.
Teresa Younger
President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for women
Toni Van Pelt
President of the National Organization for WomenFeminist and humanist activist
Dorcas Davis
co-founder of March for Racial Justice, Activist, facilitator, educator, artist
Gina Belafonte
Actress, producer, and activist to end gang intervention and issues of youth incarceration
Performers
DJ Barbie
14 year old electronic D.J. from Southeast D.C. Member of Girls Rock! DC
DRUMMERS
from the Piscataway Indian Nation on whose land we march.
SUGAR BEAR AND EU
EU (Experience Unlimited) is one of the original Washington, DC Go-Go bands.
RESISTANCEBEATS
Bucket Drum Brigade