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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | April 11, 2018 01:42 PM |
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| From: | Representative Donna Bullock and Rep. Joanna E. McClinton, Rep. Brian Sims |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Co-Sponsorship: Resolution honoring the organizers and participants of the for the second annual Women’s March on Philadelphia |
| In the coming days, we plan to introduce a Resolution honoring the organizers and participants who stood up for women’s rights, equality, and solidarity in Philadelphia on January 20, 2018 for the second annual Women’s March on Philadelphia. As you may know, the first Women’s March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017 to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues. The 2017 Women’s March was the largest single-day protest in United States history and one of the largest in world history with approximately 5 million people participating on all seven continents. Here at home, on January 20, 2018, 50,000 people gathered at Logan Square in Philadelphia and then marched along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to Eakins Oval to support equality and the rights of all individuals focusing on equality in the workforce, support for economic and civil opportunities for women, identifying programs and opportunities for the advancement of women, reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, the rights of refugees and immigrants, preventing violence against women, and highlighting mentoring programs of young women and girls. The Philadelphia Women’s March was organized by Deja Lynn Alvarez, Laura Arblaster, Nikki Bagby, Beth E. Finn, Amy Martin, Emily Cooper Morse and Salima Suswell. The theme for the March was “We Resist. We Persist. We Rise.” With that said, it is for these reasons in mind that we are offering this Resolution. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Takesha Latham at Tlatham@pahouse.net. |
Introduced as HR862