Linda Sarsour

Linda Sarsour was the co-chair of the largest single-day protest in U.S. history: the Women’s March on January 21, 2017. The Washington March drew 440,000 to 500,000 people, and worldwide participation has been estimated at five million—a critical mass inspired by the vision of a world shaped by intersectional feminist leadership. Long before that, however, this Palestinian-American-Muslim community organizer, social media maverick, and mother of three was rabble rousing with remarkable effectiveness on criminal justice reform, racial justice, and civil rights. Linda, for example, led the successful, progressive coalition to close New York public schools for the observance of two of Islam’s most important holy days, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

She is the co-founder of Muslims for Ferguson, and the co-founder of MPower Change, a grassroots movement of Muslim Americans working to build social, spiritual, racial, and economic justice for all people. She is also the former Executive Director of the Arab American Association of New York. Her message to audiences is centrally about fearlessness and collective imagination—the two forces that animate the way she moves through the world, whether she’s being arrested on the frontlines of a protest or coalition-building with unlikely allies. She is an embodiment of wise ferocity.   

Always stand for what you believe in because someone in a future generation is counting on you.
—Linda Sarsour
When women are protected, when we are respected, when we are able to thrive and given the same opportunities as our male counterparts, when we are given space to lead and rise — our nation will rise.
—Linda Sarsour
freshgraylogo

Copyright, 2018 | All rights reserved.

reFRESH Newsletter

@FRESHSpeakers
FRESH Speakers, Inc. is a next-generation speakers bureau, uniquely representing women and people of color--two groups historically left off the public stage. Our speakers range from business leaders to artists, scientists to athletes. They have given ground-breaking TED talks and written best-selling books, but, more importantly, their wisdom comes from real world, lived experiences. FRESH speakers routinely grace the world's biggest thought leadership stages, host nonprofit benefits, and keynote Fortune 100 corporate retreats, university lecture series, leading tech conferences, grassroots organizing convenings, and countless other venues, the world over.
Go top