Linda Sarsour is an American political activist. She was co-chair of the 2017 Women's March, the 2017 Day Without a Woman, and the 2019 Women's March. She is also a former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. She and her Women's March co-chairs were profiled in Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2017.
Sarsour in 2016
Sarsour speaking at a protest against President Donald Trump.
Sarsour's advocacy for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel has provoked criticism. (Protest against Israel's Gaza Blockade and attack on humanitarian flotilla in Melbourne, 5 June 2010.)
The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were considered misogynistic and represented a threat to the rights of women. It was at the time the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. The goal of the annual marches is to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, disability justice, reproductive rights, the environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, workers' rights and tolerance. According to organizers, the goal was to "send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights".
Demonstrators at the Women's March on Washington in Washington, D.C.
2017 Women's March in downtown, Los Angeles.
Poster created by the official Women's March on Washington organizers
Little girl at Women's March