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Activists rally in Cleveland for healthcare and abortion rights, and against the nomination of Judge Gorsuch for the U.S. Supreme Court, and the rally speakers included activist and journalist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, who led the healthcare march, State Representatives Stephanie Howse and Nickie Antonio, the Rev Tony Minor, Mallory McMaster of Preterm, Ellie Martin Elston of OFA, and Kellie Copeland, executive director of NARA Pro -Choice Ohio, which organized the event along with OFA.....Watch the video of the rally speakers here....Gorsuch's confirmation vote by the U.S. Senate is today, April 7, and comes after Senate Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, voted to change Supreme Court nominee confirmation rules.... By www.clevelandurbannews.com and www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Cleveland community activist Kathy Wray Coleman of the Imperial Women Coalition, also editor-in-chief at   ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNnewsBlog.Com ,  leads activists in chants at a healthcare  march from Public Square in downtown Cleveland on April 1, 2017 to the Federal Building. Organized by Organizing for Action (OFA) Cuyahoga County Chapter, and NARAL Pro- Choice Ohio, about 175 people attended the event that promoted abortion rights and the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and denounced the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court. Cleveland police were on hand as escorts during the march, compliments of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, a Democrat and the city's three-term Black mayor.   CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO OF RALLY SPEAKERS ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE OF NARAL-PRO CHOICE OHIO ClevelandUrbanNews.Com  and the    KathyWrayColemanOnlineNnewsBlog.Com  , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper with som