Western New York Women’s March 2026

The 2026 Women’s March for Buffalo/WNY will feature local women speaking about Rights and Justice Grassroots Actions. Jill the Turtle Mama Clause, Tuscarora, will open with a Gnonyoh from the Haudenosaunee tradition, and Vicki Ross will offer a Land and Enslaved People’s acknowledgement, as well as remembering the horrific 5/14 Massacre and current illegal heinous treatment of immigrants.

She’ll be followed by Holly Park, Rainbow Collective of WNY; Faustenia Morrow, of the Monarch of Infinite Possibilities, addressing Environmental Issues in the community. Crisis Services will have a representative speaking on sexual violence against women. Mimi with WNY Bridge Brigade will also speak, as will Donna Robinson of NYS Jails Justice Network.

We’ll march silently down Court Street to Lafayette Square, where Dr. Beverly Newkirk and the Phenomenal Ladies of Rhythm will perform. Singing Resistance will lead us back to Niagara Square in song, where Fragrance of Yah, who – with her daughter – survived the May 14 Massacre, will close us out in song!

Women’s March mission statement
The Women’s March of Buffalo/WNY, opposed to all forms of oppression, seeks to increase equity and equality for women and all oppressed people by ensuring structural and systemic changes in our local government, local businesses and organizations, and within society at large in order to guarantee a women’s right to health, safety and freedom from violence. We seek this regardless of racial, economic, or citizenship status; and value the dignity and humanity of women of color, women with disabilities, and lgbt/queer and gender non-conforming people, and everyone’s equal place in the movement and in society.