Women's
March to
host
convention
in
Detroit
October
27-29 at
the Cobo
Center
By
Wendell
Bryant/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
- The
Women's
Convention
will
feel the
Bern
later
this
month,
when
Bernie
Sanders
visits
Detroit
to
address
more
than
3,000
women
and
progressive
activists
as they
get
ready
for the
2018
midterm
elections.
The
senator
from
Vermont,
an
independent
who
challenged
Hillary
Clinton
for the
2016
Democratic
presidential
nomination,
is to
address
the
crowd
the
evening
of Oct.
27, on
the
first
day of a
three-day
convention
organized
by the
Women's
March.
“I’m
honored
to join
the
women at
the
front
lines of
our
struggle
for
economic,
social,
racial
and
environmental
justice.
In
January,
millions
of women
came out
in an
extraordinary
and
unprecedented
display
of power
and
resistance,"
Sanders
said.
The
organizers
of the
Women's
March
made it
clear
back in
January
that
their
activism
wouldn't
end with
the
march
itself.
Now,
they've
announced
the
latest
incarnation
of that
effort,
as they
plan to
host a
Women's
Convention
this
October
27-29 at
the Cobo
Center
in
Detroit.
The
final
agenda
for the
convention
is still
be
worked
out, but
the
Women's
March
website
says
that the
three-day
event
will
include
"workshops,
strategy
sessions,
inspiring
forums
and
intersectional
movement
building."
The
leaders
of the
march
added,
"Tapping
into the
power of
women in
leadership
as the
fundamental,
grassroots
force
for
change,
participants
will
leave
inspired
and
motivated,
with new
connections,
skills
and
strategies
for
working
towards
collective
liberation
for
women of
all
races,
ethnicities,
ages,
abilities,
sexual
identities,
gender
expressions,
immigration
statuses,
religious
faiths,
and
economic
statuses."
The
organization
chose
Detroit
for
specific
reasons.
"Detroit
is a
beautiful
city,
full of
historical
and
political
significance,
and a
multitude
of lived
experiences—a
perfect
setting
for
women,
femmes
and our
allies
seeking
to
strengthen
our
growing,
intersectional
movement,"
they
wrote in
a
statement.
The
group
also
points
out that
metro
Detroit
has
economic
inequality,
environmental
injustice,
de facto
segregation,
ICE
raids,
violent
policing,
and
overall
unequal
access
and
opportunity.
At the
same
time,
Detroit
is home
to a
rich
musical
history,
a
vibrant
art
scene
and a
long and
radical
history
of
grassroots
activism—something
that
continues
today."
Currently
a ticket
to the
convention
costs
$295 per
person
and $125
for
students
and
attendees
under
25. The
organizers
are
currently
fundraising
so they
can
offer
discounted
pricing
to
people
who
can't
afford
to
attend.
At the
moment,
they
expect
about
5,000
people
to show
up.
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