Similar Facebook pages created by Evvie Harmon, Fontaine Pearson, Bob Bland (a New York fashion designer), Breanne Butler, and others quickly led to thousands of women signing up to march. On November 9, 2016, the first day after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, in reaction to Trump's election campaign and political views, and to his defeat of presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Teresa Shook of Hawaii created a Facebook event and invited friends to march on Washington in protest. Background Organizers Poster created by the official Women's March on Washington organizers 2017 Women's March in downtown, Los Angeles. Following the march, the organizers of the Women's March on Washington posted the "10 Actions for the first 100 Days" campaign for joint activism to keep up momentum from the march. The organization's website states that they wanted to adhere to "the nonviolent ideology of the Civil Rights movement". The crowds were peaceful: no arrests were made in D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, or Seattle, where a combined total of about two million people marched. After the marches, organizers reported that around 673 marches took place worldwide, on all seven continents, 29 in Canada, 20 in Mexico, and 1 in Antarctica. At least 408 marches were reported to have been planned in the U.S. Worldwide participation has been estimated at over seven million. Between 3,267,134 and 5,246,670 people participated in the marches in the U.S., approximately 1.0 to 1.6 percent of the U.S. The Washington March drew over 470,000 people. The Washington March was streamed live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. The main protest was in Washington, D.C., and is known as the Women's March on Washington with many other marches taking place worldwide. According to organizers, the goal was to "send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights". The goal of the annual marches is to advocate legislation and policies regarding human rights and other issues, including women's rights, immigration reform, healthcare reform, disability justice, reproductive rights, the environment, LGBTQ rights, racial equality, freedom of religion, workers' rights and tolerance. It was the largest single-day protest in U.S. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which were considered misogynistic and represented a threat to the rights of women. The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. Women's March becomes largest single day protest in Modern U.S.
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