Women’s Group Launches Truck Billboards, Building Projections and Light Brigades for #DayWithoutAWoman Marches
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 – International Women’s Day
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Women’s Group Launches Truck Billboards, Building Projections and Light Brigades for #DayWithoutAWoman Marches
UltraViolet: “We Stand With the Women Striking – Not the Sexual Predator in the White House”
Actions in DC, Miami, Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia and Oakland
On Wednesday, March 8th, UltraViolet, a leading women’s advocacy group, will join with women staging demonstrations in six cities nationwide as part of the #DayWithoutAWoman general strike.
UltraViolet stands in solidarity with women taking part in the #DayWithoutAWoman actions, and supports the fight for economic justice, equity and the human rights of women and gender-oppressed peoples. During the strike, thousands of women are expected to take the day off from paid or unpaid labor, avoid shopping and wear red in solidarity with the national demonstrations.
As part of UltraViolet’s support, the group has organized light brigades and commissioned billboards and building projections in Washington DC, Chicago, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, and Oakland—including a mobile billboard that will drive around the White House in defiance of Donald Trump and display the names of people standing with the strike.
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WASHINGTON, DC — a digital truck billboard will drive around the White House, Trump Hotel, and the US Capitol Building from 9:00am to 5:00pm ET. The billboard will read “We Stand With Women Striking – Not the Sexual Predator in the White House” and display the names of more than 39,000 people standing in solidarity with striking women.
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CHICAGO, IL — a mobile truck billboard will drive around Trump Tower at 401 N. Wabash Avenue from 9 :00am to 5:00pm CT. The billboard will read: “We Stand With Women Striking – Not the Sexist in the White House.”
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MIAMI, FL — a mobile truck billboard will drive around the Trump International Beach Resort at 18001 Collins Avenue on Sunny Isles Beach from 9:00am to 5:00pm ET. The billboard will read: “We Stand With Women Striking – Not the Sexist in the White House.”
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — a large illuminated banner reading “WOMEN STRIKE” will greet strikers and ralliers along the march route at Thomas Paine Plaza at 6:00pm ET.
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OAKLAND, CA — a large illuminated banner reading “WOMEN STRIKE” will greet strikers and ralliers along the march route at 14th and Broadway at 5:00pm PT.
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NEW YORK, NY — a projection on skyscrapers above the strikers and ralliers will read “WOMEN STRIKE” and “STRIKE AGAINST SEXISM.” The projection will happen along the march route and take place after 6:00pm ET.
“Women across the country are striking to show what a day without women looks like, highlighting the enormous contributions that women of all backgrounds make to our society – all while receiving lower wages and experiencing greater inequities, including vulnerability to discrimination and sexual harassment,” explained Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of UltraViolet. “We stand with women striking, for those fighting to end violence against women and for those fighting to protect the reproductive rights of all. Together, we stand against the sexual predator in the White House and his hateful policies.”
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UltraViolet is an online community of over 1,000,000 women and men who want to take collective action to expose and fight sexism in the public sector, private sector and the media. Find out more at WeAreUltraViolet.org.