The Guilfordian

Women’s strike success in GSO, nationally

Supporters and allies of the Black Lives Matter movement collect money for queer and trans women of color during the “A Day
Without Women” protest that took place on Wednesday, March 8, in Greensboro, North Carolina. // Photo courtesy of Valeria Sosa

April 2, 2017

The streets of New York flood with women and femmes. Businesses shut down for the day. Schools closed in places like Maryland and North Carolina. It is March 8, International Women’s Day, and women are taking part in “A Day Without a Woman” strike. “I think it’s always an important day,...

Tags: Black Student Union, Day Without Immigrants, Ellie Weiner, Hispanos Unidos de Guilford, International Socialist Organization, International Women’s Day, Lisa McLeod, mylene dressler, New York, Olivia Chalkley, Women’s History Month, Womens March on Washington, Womyn’s Herstory Month