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Where Do We Go From Here?

With gender equality and intersecting issues under attack, feminist leaders share insights, encouragement, and calls to action on how we can mobilize in this moment and continue to push for progress.

Since Donald Trump took office for a second term, he has already begun a devastating and chaotic wave of executive orders to undo a wide variety of laws and protections impacting women, people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized communities. These attacks have left many of us who advocate for feminist issues wondering, “Where do we go from here? How can we mobilize, defend our hard won rights, and even make progress in this moment?”

Leading up to Inauguration Day, journalist, author, and Feminist.com founder Marianne Schnall reached out to a diverse group of leaders and activists to get their answers to these questions and more. In this series, they share their insights, strategies, words of encouragement, and calls to action that we can draw from as we continue the important work of advancing gender equality and intersecting issues.

Click on each leader's image below to read their full responses.

Sarah Kate Ellis

Sarah Kate Ellis

President and CEO of GLAAD
Carol Jenkins

Carol Jenkins

Former Board Chair, President, and CEO of The ERA Coalition, Host of Black America
Jackson Katz

Jackson Katz

Author, Educator, Creator of The Man Card documentary, cofounder of Mentors in Violence Prevention
María Teresa Kumar

María Teresa Kumar

Founder, President and CEO of Voto Latino
Lauren Leader

Lauren Leader

Cofounder and CEO of All In Together
Ai-jen Poo

Ai-jen Poo

Cofounder and President of Care in Action
S. Mona Sinha

S. Mona Sinha

Global Executive Director of Equality Now