Women's March Cleveland, grassroots activists rally on City Hall steps on Sept. 20, 2025, taking on President Trump and his attack on historical Civil Rights legislation...By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

Above picture: Women's March Cleveland at a march from Market Square Park in Cleveland in 2021. Photo by David Petkiewicz of Cleveland.com. Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Women's March Cleveland and other activist groups rallied for the  "Cleveland, Oh Make Billionaires Pay & Women's Rights Rally & March" from the steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland on Saturday afternoon. The event was part of a national day of action in cities across the country, commissioned by Women's March National.

The crowd was small, but intimate, bringing out the grassroots sector of the community. 

Speakers included Cleveland Councilwoman Deborah Gray, activist and Ohio State School Board Member Delores Gray, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairperson David Brock, Mayosha Baybach Vales of the Black Women's Army, Cindy Demsey of the Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus, and members of Refuse Fascism and Rise Up for Abortion Rights CLE.

Organizers said the event was a rally for reproductive and Civil Rights and an effort to continue the fight for choice for women in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, including Black women.

Women's March Cleveland activists Kathy Wray Coleman, Alysa Cooper Moskey, Sierra Mason and Alfred Porter Jr. of Black on Black Crime Inc. organized the event.

Councilwoman Deborah Gray, one of two Black women on council, talked about the importance of having Black women in office and the city's Black Women's Commission that she is a part of, and Ohio State School Board Member Delores Gray discussed anti-education efforts by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, and new state legislation that gives him the authority to appoint members to the state School Board, adding that "the governor wants to dismantle public education."

David Brock said Republicans, nationally and otherwise, are hellbent on instituting policies that benefit White men and the nation's wealthy and that people should vote the Democratic ticket up and down relative to the upcoming Nov. 4 general election. 

Speaker after speaker took on President Donald Trump, and what they said is an attempt to roll back Civil Rights gains like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, what's left of it since the U.S. Supreme Court began chipping at it when Barack Obama was president. 

Other activist groups supporting the event include Cuyahoga Democratic Women's Caucus, Black on Black Crime Inc., Black Man's Army, Black Women's Army, Carl Stokes Brigade, Refuse Fascism, and Rise Up For Abortion Rights CLE.

Women's March Cleveland's next march will not be until the third week in January of 2026, the 8th Anniversary of its first march in 2017. 

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