Hundreds of thousands of people descended on downtown D.C. in 2017 for the Women’s March on Washington. (Photo by Alex Edelman)
The third annual Women’s March is set to take place on January 19, 2019 in D.C., where the first demonstration took place back in 2017.
“We are outraged. We are organized. They forgot that 5 million women lit the world on fire two years ago,” their website reads. “On January 19, 2019, we’re going to remind them when we flood the streets of Washington, D.C., and with sister marches in cities across the globe.”
They promise a “#WomensWave” is coming.
The announcement came shortly after Christine Blasey Ford testified before Congress about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The Women’s March has actively opposed the judge’s nomination in the wake of the allegations, mobilizing a campaign called “cancel Kavanaugh”. Several of the group’s leaders were among the dozens of people arrested outside the hearings on Friday.
Linda Sarsour, a chairwoman of the Women’s March, told the New York Times that organizers are trying to use the momentum created by the opposition of Kavanaugh’s nomination and the 2018 midterm elections to influence the 2020 presidential race.
Organizers are still securing permits and determining what route to take, Sarsour told the Times. The huge crowds that turned out in 2017 (Metro recorded the second-busiest day in the history of the transit system that day) forced organizers to change the route in the middle of the day.
In 2018, organizers mobilized the main march in Las Vegas, in the hopes of influencing the midterm election in a battleground state.