Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell and peace, anti-war and Civil Rights activist Nina McLellan will keynote International Women's Day March Cleveland, Friday, March 8, 2019, 4:45 pm-6:15 pm beginning with a rally at the Free Stamp at Willard Park outside of Cleveland City Hall, and followed by a march from the Free Stamp to Public Square. The Facebook event page has nearly 700 people interested to date.

The upcoming event is a sister march to marches worldwide and is organized by International Women's Day March Cleveland/ Women's March Cleveland, which are both led by grassroots greater Cleveland community activists. I

Issues include education, science, public policy, the courts, jails and prisons, lead poisoning, reproductive rights, poverty, equal pay, racism, sexism, and voting, civil and women's rights.

Blackwell is the only Black female mayor in Northeast Ohio and McLellan, an activist for some 50 years, is a peace, anti-war and Civil Rights activist. McLellan will be representing Peace Action, Move to Amend, and Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice, a sponsor of the event. The rally will run for an hour with 15 3 min speakers, including elected officials, educators, and community activists, and two keynote speakers. RALLY AND MARCH WITH US FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS!!!. STAND UP!!!!

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