“We’ve seen over the last year the rise of a new movement against racism and police brutality with Black Lives Matter, and I believe that we’re going to have to establish more organizations, more movements, and get organized if we want to have any victories for women’s rights,” said organizer Lauren Bianchi.
Today’s rally is the very first one in Chicago by this group. It’s called F.U.R.I.E., which stands for Feminist Uprising to Resist Feminine Inequality and Exploitation