Amy Schumer, Emma Watson wear pins from Ann Arbor in Women's March 

Amy Schumer, Emma Watson wear pins from Ann Arbor in Women\'s March

Comedian Amy Schumer, left, and actress Emma Watson at the Women\'s March on Washington on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

Ryan Stanton | ryanstanton@mlive.com By Ryan Stanton | ryanstanton@mlive.com The Ann Arbor News

on January 24, 2017 at 1:10 PM, updated January 24, 2017 at 1:22 PM

ANN ARBOR, MI - During the historic Women\'s March on Washington this past weekend, many wore a distinctive pin as a symbol of love.

That includes Emma Watson, the British actress famous for her role in the Harry Potter series, and comedian/actress Amy Schumer.

Photos of the two celebrities at the march show them sporting the pin created by Ann Arbor couple Katy Lind and Nate Stevens in collaboration with artist Penelope Dullaghan. It was the only pin Watson wore as she marched with her mother, while Schumer was decked out in an orange NASA suit with multiple pins.

— Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) January 22, 2017

The Ann Arbor couple sold the pins they created through their website, Pincause.com, leading up to the march to support women\'s rights, particularly Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Altogether, they sold close to 25,000 of the pins, raising nearly $50,000 for the two organizations.

"It is just really cool to us," Lind said of the fact that so many people wore them, including at least a couple of celebrities.

Demonstrators all across the United States, from California to New York and places in between, including Ann Arbor, wore the pins in the many marches that simultaneously took place on Saturday, Jan. 21. Some pins were even shipped abroad to people in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France and the U.K.

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Former Michigan Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, who is running for governor in 2018, wore one of the pins in the Lansing march.

Lind and Stevens are still selling the pins through their website and at stores in Ann Arbor, including The Getup Vintage, 16 Hands and Heavenly Metal.

Lind said they were in Washington for the march and sold thousands of pins while there, including through the march\'s official pop-up shop and at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Politics and Prose Bookstore.

On their website, they describe the multi-colored pin design as a symbol of love, compassion and hope.

"We believe it\'s through LOVE and understanding we can be our best selves and find solutions to our problems - together. That\'s why we turned a closed fist into the American Sign Language sign for LOVE from the Deaf Culture," it reads.

Lind said they still don\'t know for sure how Watson and Schumer got the pins, though Gloria Steinem\'s office received a supply, so she guesses maybe that\'s how. Schumer wore hers while speaking on stage just before Madonna.

"It was pretty wild to be there," Lind said. "There were people wearing it everywhere, so that was very, very cool."

Following the march, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to prohibit foreign aid for nongovernmental organizations and health providers abroad that discuss abortion as a family-planning option. Lind said that just shows the fight for women\'s rights is not over.

"Saturday was just the beginning," she said. "It wasn\'t just a one-day march. It was just the beginning."

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