Charlotte Women’s Movement is an Unincorporated Nonprofit Association formed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 59B of the North Carolina General Statutes.
2020-2021 CWM Board Members:
Co-presidents – Dr. Gina Navarrete and Becca Bernstein
Vice President – Carla Archie
Secretary – Mickie Hall
Treasurer – Catherine Verratti
Housing Advocate – Rosalyn Allison Jacobs
LGBTQ Group Advocate – Jane Corey
Community and Engagement Advocate – Kay Etheridge
Communications – Kelly Woodfin
Newsletter – Mary Staton
Finance – Elizabeth Nelson and Pam West
Website WoManager – Cathy McKee
Women United March 2020 Co- Chair – Becca Bernstein
Policies/Procedures – Brian O’Leary and Cate Stadelman
Gerrymandering Advocate – Brian O’Leary
Immigration Advocate and Calendar Keeper – Stephanie Fielder
Past Presidents – Jan Anderson, Laura Meier
March Advisor – Autumn Watson
Board Advisor – Jannica Griefe
Charlotte Women’s Movement Board Members may be contacted via email at
info@charlottewomensmovement.org. If you would like to volunteer your support in communications, social media, photography, videography, event planning, and email and website support please email us at info@charlottewomensmovement.org.
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March to Movment
With the dawning of a new decade, CWM is birthing a new name, logotype and image that more accurately reflects the many, many ways – including a march – we advocate locally for women’s rights.
Our new name is Charlotte Women’s Movement.
We’re still marching!
Charlotte Women’s Movement is honored to co-host the 2020 Women United March on January 25 2020 in First Ward Park with co-sponsor National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Queen City Metropolitan Chapter. Please visit womenunitedmarch.org for more updates. If you want to volunteer for Women United March 2020 click here and Click here for updated information.
Why we marched in 2018 —
January 21, 2018 was the first anniversary of the worldwide Women’s March, which galvanized grassroots opposition to the Trump administration and advocated policies regarding women’s rights, immigration reform, healthcare, environmental issues and LGBTQ rights. In the previous year, efforts to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act had been beaten back, 13 women were elected to the Virginia state legislature, and more than 350 women ran or planned to run for the U.S. Congress.
Here in Charlotte, the first African American woman was elected mayor. With the emergence of the #MeToo movement, charges of workplace sexual harassment and abuse continued to force the resignations of powerful men in the private and political arenas.
Yet much work remained to be done. We are all too aware of the dangers resulting from the passage of the tax reform which will undoubtedly result in more income inequality, the revocation of net neutrality and regulations put into place to guard the safety of our air and water. The status of the Dreamers still remains uncertain. These are only a few of the issues that affect us all.
Our voices will not be silenced. Our efforts must not flag. The stakes are too high. We gathered with our sisters to celebrate 2017’s historic march with Remarchable Women, , Saturday, January 20, 2018.
Who we are and how it all started….
Charlottewomensmovement.org is the website of the non-profit Charlotte Women’s March organization. Designed to aggregate the local, state and federal initiatives and actions in our area, we encourage you to interact with our site and visit often as we evaluate policy and its impact on our communities.
How did it all begin? The story is one of synergy–those women who traveled to Washington DC on January 22, 2017 and those women and men and children who marched in Charlotte.
The handful of women who decided to hold a Women’s March in Charlotte the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration thought a few thousand people might join them. But in a stunning demonstration of solidarity with marchers around the world, according to police estimates some 25,000-30,000 women and men, many with children in hand, marched peaceably and joyfully together through the streets of Charlotte.
At the same time, the Charlotte women returning home on their bus from the Washington, DC march talked about their experiences and what had occurred in their home town. They knew they wanted to keep the momentum going.
The result was the first meeting of Charlotte Women’s March (now Charlotte Women’s Movement), an organization created to harness the energy unleashed at the marches and put it into action. And once again, the turnout was stunning. Charlotte’s spacious McColl Center for Art + Innovation was filled to capacity. Those who were at the February 7, 2017 meeting broke into interest groups and began to define their goals and action steps.
The Women’s March of 2017 galvanized us to follow issues that matter. To offer our view of what our political leaders and representatives are doing in leading our country. To raise our voices in either support or resistance. We acknowledge that not all women will agree on every issue. But we seek to offer more daylight on ALL issues, and let our members decide. We offer a platform for discussion and notification of local action. We encourage you to follow us through this blog and on social media.
We encourage you to join our mailing list, and become a member of Charlotte Women’s Movement. We encourage you to engage and contribute your comments. We encourage you to share our organization with friends and family. We encourage you to keep marching…digitally and physically. We have found our voices. We march on.
