Her iconic hats became the symbol of the Women's March

Her Pussyhat Project became a phenomenon at the Women's March two years ago — now she's ready to change the world.

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00:00So when I see the Sea of Pink, I don't just see all those thousands and millions of people,

00:05but also all of the people who were back at home, or had to work,

00:10or just were not able to be there, but wanted to be a part of it.

00:30The Pussyhat Project has two main missions. One is to create a great Sea of Pink so that

00:39activists can be better seen and therefore better heard.

00:42And the second one was to make sure that anyone, anywhere could participate.

00:54These were things that we never sold. We just gave them just to support each other.

00:59So you can walk down the street and someone recognizes it

01:02and knows that you're a supporter of women's rights.

01:05Pussyhat Project is a first step, or a step, in being politically active.

01:20One of the things that we asked people who were making these is if they wanted to,

01:24they could include a note about what women's rights issue is important to them.

01:29And send it with their hat to the marcher.

01:38I had seen some articles of like, what does it solve? What does marching solve?

01:42And I think us coming together as a collective and renewing our excitement and commitment

01:52to equality and having that kind of moment all together helps set the stage for the rest of the

01:59year. Some woman came up to me the other day and said that her grandmother was really sick.

02:10She was 92 and it was 2016. And she was devastated about the election.

02:15She found out about this project and she took it on as her work.

02:23I think it's really important to listen to women of color and their experiences.

02:32I know that when I walk into a room, my experience is different by how people treat me in many,

02:39many cases than it would be for women of color when she walks into a room.

02:42And I think just even the basic acknowledgement of that is something that I think all of us

02:49even just have to start from. All of our liberations are caught up in each other.

02:53And it's really, really important to fight for all women.