CLEVELAND, Ohio-Women's March Cleveland will host a rally and march on Sat, Oct 17, 2020 as part of a national march this day for justice and equality for women and Black lives, the event of which will be held in Ward 1 outside at the Harvard Community Services Center at 18240 Harvard Avenue on the city's largely Black east side.

Face masks are required per city ordinance.

The event will commence with a 1pm rally with speakers and entertainment, followed by a 2:15 pm march, one of several women's marches in respective cities throughout the country on Oct. 17, including in Washington D.C, the nation's capital.

A largely Black ward, Ward 1 is the largest voting bloc of Black voters in the city and the second largest voting bloc of all of the city's wards

Speakers include local activists, Black clergy and elected officials, including Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones, Rev Benjamin Gohlstin, state Rep Juanita Brent, state Sens. Sandra Williams and Nickie Antonio, Cleveland City Council President Kevin Kelley, activists Elaine Gohlstin, who is president and CEO of the Harvard Community services center, Kimberly Brown, Cheryl Lessin, Brenda Adrine, Shae Maresco, Ruth Gray and Avery McCollough.

In addition to Women's March Cleveland, which is led by Cleveland activist Kathy Wray Coleman, other affiliated community groups include International Women's Day March Cleveland, Black Women's PAC of greater Cleveland, National Congress of Black Women Greater Cleveland Chapter, Imperial Women Coalition, CCDWC, Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice, Imperial Women Coalition, Black Voters Matter Cleveland, Refusefacism Ohio, Peace in the Hood, Finding Our Children-The Missing-Ebony Alert, Black on Black Crime Inc., and BEMAD.