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Emiliana Guereca | |
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| Born | Mexico |
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| Occupation(s) | activist entrepreneur |
| Known for | Women's March in Los Angeles in 2017 |
Emiliana Guereca is a Mexican–American activist, feminist, and entrepreneur, best known as the president of the Women's March Foundation, an organization she founded in 2016.[1] She is known as the organizer of the Women's March in Los Angeles in 2017, which drew a 750,000 participants and focused on women's rights.[2] She run advocacy programs related to women's rights, Latino education, and gender equality.[3] She also initiated the Women's March Action, the political arm of the Women's March Foundation. She won the National Women's Political Caucus: Women of Courage Award in 2019.[4]
Biography[edit]
Guereca was born in Mexico and later immigrated to the United States with her family.[5]
She grew up in Chicago, she is one of thirteen children and the first in her family to attend college, starting at Chicago's DePaul University and then transferring to University of California, Los Angeles.[6]
In 2003, after gaining experience in music production in the Los Angeles region, Guereca established EZ Event Production.[7]
While Guereca asserts that she was not deeply involved in politics before founding Women's March LA, campaign finance records reveal that she made financial contributions to Obama for America and various California Democratic candidates and groups before 2016.[8]
Activism[edit]
In 2016, She founded the Women's March Foundation[9] in response to President Donald Trump's 2016 election victory. The foundation's primary mission was to organize a protest march immediately following Trump's inauguration.[10]
Her foundation continued to organize similar marches in subsequent years, and 2019,[1] she established Women's March Action, a political action committee supporting female Democratic candidates in the 2020 election.[11]
She and the Women's March LA Foundation encountered conflicts with Women's March, Inc., a national organization that sought trademark protection for "Women's March.[12]
Guereca's group opposed this, and differences deepened due to allegations of fund mismanagement and anti-Semitism, prompting the withdrawal of partner organizations and prominent speakers from the national organization's events.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dominiguez, Jessica. "Immigrant woman spearheads the historic Women's March L.A." KABC-TV. American Broadcasting Company.
- ^ "750K Flock to Downtown LA for Women's March Los Angeles, Organizers Say". KNBC. NBC. 21 January 2017.
- ^ Molina, Alejandra (13 January 2017). "Women plan local rallies in conjunction with Jan. 21 Women's March on Washington". Los Angeles Daily News.
- ^ "2021 Women's Leadership Awards: Champion of Women Award". Los Angeles Business Journal. 28 June 2021.
- ^ Rios, Carmen (13 January 2020). "The Ms. Q&A: How Emiliana Guereca is Marching on in 2020". Ms.
- ^ "Emiliana Guereca's Powerful Message Inspires Women At Hispanic Networking Event". collinsville daily news. 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Meet Emiliana Guereca: Entrepreneur/Activist". SHOUTOUT LA. 6 July 2021.
- ^ Shalby, Colleen (19 January 2017). "They voted against Trump. Now tens of thousands plan to march throughout California after he takes office". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Quiñones, Benjamin (18 January 2018). "Behind the Scenes With the Organizers of This Year's Women's March – LA Weekly". LA Weekly.
- ^ Lang, Marissa J. (13 January 2020). "'Nobody needs another pink hat': Why the Women's March is struggling for relevance". Washington Post.
- ^ "Women's March LA Canceled Due To COVID-19 Pandemic, National Unrest – CBS Los Angeles". www.cbsnews.com. 12 January 2021.
- ^ Lang, Marrisa J. "What's in a name? Women's March groups spar over who owns the name and the movement". Washington Post.
- ^ Harnish, Amelia. "A Debate Erupts Over Who Owns The Women's March". Refinery29.
Category:Living people
Category:Activists for Hispanic and Latino American civil rights
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:California Democrats
Category:Women's March
Category:21st-century American women
Category:Women civil rights activists
Category:Hispanic and Latino American feminists
Category:American activists of Mexican descent
Category:Activists from Los Angeles
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)