- The Women’s March cut ties with three of its inaugural board members who had drawn accusations of anti-Semitism and mismanaging finances.
- The Washington Post first reported that co-chairs Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, and Bob Bland stepped down from the organisation’s board last month and that it had recently reorganized its leadership.
- The Women’s March has been roiled by internal discord, which experts say splintered the movement and undermined its effectiveness.
The Women’s March recently cut ties with three of its inaugural board members who had drawn accusations of anti-Semitism and mismanaging finances.
The Washington Post first reported that co-chairs Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, and Bob Bland stepped down from the organisation’s board last month and that it had recently reorganized its leadership. The new board includes three Jewish women, a transgender woman, and a member of the Oglala Tribe of the Lakota nation.
Sarsour, an activist and currently a campaign surrogate for Bernie Sanders, said the board was “AMAZING” in a text message to the Post. She expressed gratitude to the women now. serving on the board, saying, “This is what women supporting women looks like.”
The Women’s March has been roiled by internal discord over the past year, which experts say splintered the movement and undermined its effectiveness. Earlier this year, it stopped a years long effort to to trademark the words “women’s march.”
“There’s an opportunity here for a group to rise out of the ashes of divisiveness and continue on with the mission that was the Women’s March, and, honestly, that would be wonderful,” said Dana R. Fisher, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland told the Post.
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