Mark Women’s Equality Day with Action and Persistence
Rise Together on August 26, 2025
On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, we rise together to honor Women’s Equality Day by demanding the rights we’ve lost and pushing forward toward full equality. This year’s theme: We Persist—because our fight is not over.
March for Equality | Washington, DC
📅 Tuesday, August 26 | 12:00pm
Join the Women’s Equality Day DC March and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with women and allies demanding justice, equality, and freedom. Together, we shine a light on the rights stripped away and resist further rollbacks. RSVP here.
Create Your Own Action | Nationwide
Not in DC? Take action where you are. Host a Mobilize event under the We Persist banner and make your voice heard. Submit a media release, highlight the urgent need to restore women’s rights, and call for true equality. Use the We Persist Digital Toolkit for ideas, resources, and messaging.
Virtual Events | Celebrate, Educate, Mobilize
📅 Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | 3:30–5:30pm ET
We Persist: Celebrating Women’s Voting Rights with PBS’s “The Vote”
Watch and discuss The Vote (Parts 1 & 2), a PBS documentary exploring the epic struggle for women’s suffrage and the fight that continues today. Join here.
📅 Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | 7:00–9:00pm ET
We Persist By The Women For The Women
An evening of history, strategy, and inspiration. Featuring:
Freeda Cathcart – Founder, By The Women For The Women Vote
Andrea Miller – Executive Director, People Demanding Action
Mirna Hosny – Roanoke Latina Network
Together, they’ll explore the power of women’s voices, the urgency of voting, and the path to true equality. Register here.
📅 Thursday, August 28, 2025, 7:00pm ET
Join a conversation with Ellie Smeal (Feminist Majority), Kobby Hoffman (Virginia NOW), Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan, Senator Danica Roem (Emerge Virginia), Andrea Miller(NWPC-VA), Penny Blue (Red Wine &Blue), Robbin Warner (Postcards4VA), Stair Calhoun and Katherine White (Friday Power Lunch, Network NOVA) on how to mobilize our networks and rights-focused allies for the pivotal 2025 Virginia elections. RSVP
Resist. Insist. Persist.
On Women’s Equality Day, let’s honor the past, confront the present, and shape the future.
#WePersist #WED2025 #WomensEqualityDay #ERANow #ThisIsOurERA #NoKings #HandsOff #GoodTrouble #BeBrave
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