1,000 Women To Rally For Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

The Power-Up Foundation, PA Democratic Black Caucus, WIN With Black Women, Celebrating Sisterhood, and an impressive list of other women organizations from across Pennsylvania, plan to converge on the west side of Philadelphia City Hall, inside Dilworth Park, to host a rally in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson becoming America’s next appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Women who believe in supporting women’s empowerment, women who believe Ketanji Brown Jackson is qualified and prepared for the assignment, and those who believe that now is the time for America to seat its first African American woman Supreme Court Justice, need to save the date, Saturday, March 26, 2022, to be at Dilworth Plaza in Center City Philadelphia for this rally that starts at 11:00 a.m.
“Symbolically looking over our shoulders while we host the rally, will be one of our Sheroes, Harriet Tubman, via the Harriet Tubman statue that’s on display on the West apron of City Hall,” commented Linda Fields, one of the lead organizers for the support rally for Ketanji Brown Jackson, and a member of the National Democratic Committee. She went on to say, “During a recent meeting with some of the women from the DNC, I said, we should do a big “Women for Judge Ketanji Rally,” in Philadelphia at City Hall. Once the words were said, we looked at each other and knew we needed to make this rally a reality. I organized a group of strong women leaders and workers that I know so that together we could plan this support rally. Having the rally certainly doesn’t mean it can “sway senators” when it’s time to take a vote on Judge Brown Jackson’s nomination. However, we do want to send a message around the nation that in Pennsylvania, women are cheering for Judge Ketanji’s confirmation and that we came out strong for her on March 26th.”
Philadelphia City Councilwoman Cindy Bass commented, “President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is not only historic, but it is also long overdue. The nation’s highest court should represent the diversity of America, and this nomination finally fills that gap. This judge is supremely qualified. Therefore, there should be no question about her fitness to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, and I urge members of the Senate to swiftly confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.”
A list of phenomenal speakers will address rally participants on March 26th. This is an event you do not want to miss. Put it on your calendar now. Organizers are looking for 1000 women strong to show up at Dilworth Park, across from Philadelphia’s City Hall at 11:00 a.m.
Ketanji Brown Jackson was born September 14, 1970, and she is an attorney and jurist who has served as a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2021.
Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Miami, Florida, Jackson attended Harvard University for college and law school, where she served as an editor on the Harvard Law Review. She began her legal career with three clerkships, including one with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. Before her elevation to an appellate court, from 2013 to 2021, she served as a district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Jackson was also vice-chair of the United States Sentencing Commission from 2010 to 2014. Since 2016, she has been a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced that Jackson was his nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, filling the vacancy created upon Breyer’s retirement. If confirmed, Jackson would be the first black woman to sit on the Supreme Court.
For more information about the rally–how to volunteer or participate, send an email to: pademblackcaucus@gmail.com. This event is being supported by the Democratic National Committee.