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CLEVELAND, Ohio-Greater Cleveland women will host the 5th Annual International Women's Day March Cleveland rally and march on Monday, March 8, 2021 beginning with a rally at 4:45 pm on Market Square across from the Westside Market at 1979 West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue near downtown Cleveland. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE EVENT
The event is free and open-to-the-public, organizers said.
International Women's Day was first recognized globally in 1911.
Events will be held across the world on March 8 to celebrate International Women's Day, a day of civil awareness for women worldwide that is designed to combat sex and race discrimination and promote women's rights.
The purpose is also to recognize the accomplishments of women, and to push for public policies across the board for the betterment of women and girls.
The theme of this year's march is #ChoosetoChallenge.
Face-masks and social distancing are required per city ordinance. For more information on the event call (216) 659-0473
Keynote speakers for the rally are state Rep. Emilia Sykes, who is also the minority leader in the Ohio House of Representatives and leads the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus (OLBC), Dayton, Ohio Mayor Nan Whaley, and activist Queen Fatima Chui of Cleveland.
The MC's for the event are Elaine Gohlstein, president of the Black Women's PAC of greater Cleveland and head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, a Black Cleveland activist who has been the lead organizer of the International Women's Day March Cleveland marches since the first march in 2017, a march that followed the first Women's March in 2017 that drew millions of women to the streets across America, including more than 15,000 Cleveland women to downtown Cleveland.
International Women's Day March Cleveland is held every year on March 8, some two months after the annual Women's march, which is held in January.
"We are marching to bring attention to women's equality issues as we have unfinished business across the board and this year we welcome three distinguished keynote speakers and a host of other participants to our annual International Women's Day March festivities in Cleveland, a largely Black major American city," said Coleman, who also leads Women's March Cleveland and the Imperial Women Coalition. Other speakers include state Rep Juanita Brent of Cleveland,who will introduce keynote speaker Mayor Whaley, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairwoman Shontel Brown, who is also a county councilwoman and will introduce state Rep. Sykes., state Sen Nickie Antonio of Lakewood, state Sen Sandra Williams of Cleveland, state Rep Bride Rose Sweeney, Cleveland Ward 1 Councilman Joe Jones, Greater Cleveland Association of Black Journalists Co-Vice President Rhonda Crowder, activists Carol Steiner and Cheryl Lessin of Refusefacism. org, activist Fredericka Mayes-Gates of Black Empowerment Makes a Difference (BEMAD), and activist Alfred Porter Jr., president of Black on Black Crime.
