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CLEVELAND, OHIO- Speakers have been announced for the 10th Annual International Women's Day march in Cleveland, which is from 2-4pm at Market Square Park near downtown Cleveland, a sister march to a national day of action promoted by the National Women's March in Washington, D.C.  The theme of the march is "Brave Women Free America Cleveland", and it will be led by Women's March Cleveland, which has organized the International Women's Day march in Cleveland since the first march in 2017.

Speakers include state Senator Nickie Antonio, who is also the minority leader of the Ohio Senate, Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell, Cleveland Ward 8 Councilwoman Stephanie Howse Jones (all three pictured above),Ohio State School Board of Education Member Delores Gray Ford, Eugene Miller, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairman David Brock, activists Lee Thompson of Refuse Fascism and Don Bryant of Peace Action, and more...

Women's March National has since called for marches to include opposition to President Trump's war on Iran, citing the killing of Iranian school children and lack of authorization from Congress.

Organizers say that while women's rights are paramount, the major premise of Cleveland's march, and marches countrywide, is standing against the divisive, illegal, and unconstitutional policies of President Donald Trump and his administration.  Also at issue, activists say, are attempts by Republican elected officials in Ohio to roll back a win on Issue 1, which Ohio voters approved at the ballot box in November 2023 in enshrining the right to access to abortion in the Ohio Constitution.

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