Defend Black Women March to Honor Lives Taken by Gender-Based Violence

The self-proclaimed Black feminists in charge of assembling the second annual gathering come from various backgrounds. Trinice McNally, Creator & Creative Director of The Defend Black Women March and the I Support Black Women Campaign hails from London, England by way of Jamaica as a grandchild of the Windrush generation. Jaimee Swift, the Executive Director & Creator of Black Women Radicals and The School for Black Feminist Politics was born and raised in the United States as a descendant of enslaved Africans brought to the U.S. South. Also key to the march is Nakisha M. Lewis, President & CEO of Breakthrough. She is the March co-presenter.

Christian, Tanya, “Defend Black Women March to Honor Lives Taken by Gender-Based Violence,” Ebony.com