An International Working Women‘s Day march is planned to step off on Capitol Hill Friday night.

The International Working Women’s Day Coalition says it is organizing the event to mark the day commemorating “massive strikes by largely immigrant women garment workers in New York City on March 8 in 1857 and 1908.”

“Seattle’s public observance of International Working Women’s Day is being organized by a strongly international combination of organizations, including feminists from Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Philippines, as well as communities of color, reproductive justice activists, and others from the U.S.,” the group said in its announcement. “The action will express a commitment to survival, equality, labor rights, and justice for women, LGBTQI+ people, and allies around the world, with a special focus on opposition to Israel’s war on Gaza.”

The Friday, March 8th march will begin with a “speak-out, info fair, and cultural activities” in the AIDS Memorial Plaza above Capitol Hill Station from 4 to 6 PM. “At dusk, a dramatic night march will circle the area for approximately an hour,” organizers say, with plans for “several hundred people” to participate.

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