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The March of Women cut ties with three founding board members, including Linda Sarsour, accused of anti-Semitism, said Monday the organization.
Sarsour and her co-chairs Tamika Mallory and Mari Lynn "Bob" Bland "will leave the Women's March Board to engage in other advocacy-oriented projects within their respective organizations," the group said. A press release.
The accusations of anti-Semitism have tainted the trio's mandate within the organization, its reputation for a controversial Palestinian nationalist with links to the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, from day one.
In February 2018, Mallory attended – and was congratulated – an event in Farrakhan in which he described the Jews as "satanic", claimed that they ran the US and Mexican governments and encouraged the use of marijuana among black men to their detriment.
Mallory supported his support for Farrakhan and received public support from Sarsour, Bland and other leaders of Women's March, creating a schism within the group and causing an exodus of some opposing members.
The women's march – who announced a new national council composed of 17 members – insisted in a tweet that the reason for the departure of the trio was only the expiry of their mandate.
"Despite the reports that it seems otherwise, the outgoing members of the board have simply executed their mandates and are embarking on new ventures," reads the tweet. "We are more united than ever and we thank them for their innovative work and sacrifices."
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