India Fenner, the March for Black Women organizer, leads a group of march participants up Broad Street while banging drums earlier this afternoon.
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India Fenner is a remarkable young woman. The 19-year-old Temple University student and activist organized “A March for Black Women,” which drew more than 100 participants Friday afternoon. People began to gather in Dilworth Park at City Hall just after 1 p.m., and then traveled en masse up North Broad Street to Cecil B. Moore Avenue.
Fenner has spoken about how her event was not a protest. Instead, she called it a march to uplift.
Below are 15 more photos from the walk, which celebrated the diversity of black women and honored black women who’ve been victims of police brutality.
March for Black Women organizer India Fenner addresses participants outside city hall Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant works on a ’Black Women Matter’ sign while the number of participants continues to grow in Dilworth Park Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennEmily Cooper Morse, a 34-year-old from King of Prussia, holds a ’Black Women Matter, Black Lives Matter’ sign. Cooper Morse is the founder and organizer of Philly’s Women’s March that took place earlier this year. Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennKadidja Case, a 16-year-old Southwest Philly resident, gave a heartfelt spoken word poem about what it’s like to be a black woman alongside her friend, Shirmina Smith, a 19-year-old also from Southwest Philly. The duo spoke to a crowd of over 100 people before the march began to make its way up Broad Street. Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennShirmina Smith, 19, recites her spoken word poem to the marchers. She and her friend, Kadidja Case, spoke to a crowd of over 100 people before the march began. Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennMore than 100 march participants made their way up Broad Street from City Hall to Cecil B. Moore Avenue Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant chants ’Black Girls Matter’ along with the rest of the crowd while holding up a sign bearing the words ’#DeborahDanner – SAY HER NAME.’ Danner was killed by NYPD in her home in 2016. Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennMen, women and children of all backgrounds march up North Broad Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant holds up a ’BLACK WOMEN ROCK’ sign while chanting ’Black Girls Matter’ along with others Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant holds her hand aloft while making her way up Broad Street with the rest of the crowd Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant holds a sign bearing the words ’Freedom Is Indivisible’ while making her way up Broad Street Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant holds up her fist while chanting along with the crowd as they moved up Broad Street Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant chants along with the rest of the crowd, holding a ’#BLACK QUEENS MATTER’ sign while making her way up Broad Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennA march participant holds a sign reading ’#BLACK QUEENS MATTER’ while making her way up Broad Street with the rest of the march participants Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy PennHolding her fist high in the air, this march participant makes her way up Broad Street Credit: Sydney Schaefer / Billy Penn