A new political action group that aims to mobilize millions of women around women's activism and equity is being launched by three women, including the former head of Planned Parenthood and one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter
Washington A new political action group that aims to mobilize millions of women around women's activism and equity is being launched by three women, including the former head of Planned Parenthood and one of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter.
Supermajority, which the group's website says will be a"new home for women's activism, training and mobilizing a multiracial, intergenerational community that will fight for gender equity together," was recently launched by Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood; Alicia Garza, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter; and Ai-jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
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