5 Reasons This Year’s Women’s March Is So Meaningful To Black Women

January 21 will mark a year since the Women’s March took its boosts-to the-ground activitism to Washington D.C. The crowds, who fought back against the threats of a new Trump administration that threatened civil rights, was full of millions of women, especially Black women.

Tamika Mallory, co-chair of last year’s historic protest and co-president of the Women’s March board, knew the chance to raise a chorus of voices against inequality was real.

“The women’s march has provided an opportunity for women to understand our collective power and to understand that the more public we are, the more we have an opportunity to bring our issues to the forefront,” Mallory recently said USA Today.

Now, one year later, women will once again descend around the country to fight in several cities including New York City and Los Angeles on the January 20-21 weekend. But just how meaningful is this year’s event for Black women?

Here are five reasons why African-American female activitists are standing up:

Political Power

Women’s March organizers will launch a national voter registration tour this year. The Power to the Polls event, taking place in Las Vegas, will call attention to Nevada as a battleground state in the 2018 election cycle, Mallory said.

The event also highlights the fact that polling places have already been a place for Black women to make a difference. Doug Jones was elected to the senate after a powerful showing of African-Americans ladies at the polls in Alabama. This voting bloc has proved its importance to swaying elections, a phenomenon that speaks to its political power.

On January 21, 2018, the anniversary of the Women's March, we will gather to show that women are not backing down; we are bringing the power of our movement to the polls. Join us! #PowerToThePolls https://t.co/hCIqpaHYF1 pic.twitter.com/swWQTx2jea

— Tamika D. Mallory (@TamikaDMallory) December 29, 2017

Potential Elections Of Black Women

The Power to the Polls effort will “help elect more women and progressive candidates in congressional, gubernatorial and local elections nationwide,” Mallory explained. Potentially, more Black female candidates may make it on the ballot. There have already been the historical elections of Democrat senator Kamala …

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