The main organizers were Social Summit, an association of more than 150 organizations, and the Workers' Commissions and General Workers trade unions.
"When tens of thousands of people march and chant, the focus is on the chant," said Benjamin Todd Jealous, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., which organized the 1917 march, and is one of the main organizers behind the one planned for Sunday.
Ricken Patel, the executive director of Avaaz, a global civic organization and, along with 350.org, one of the march's main organizers, handed Ban a campaign petition that had been signed by two million people, which Ban promised to bring to the Climate Summit at the U.N. on Tuesday.
It said they had been the event's main organizers.
The federation chapters were not the main organizers.
Mrs. William Burnett was one of the 2 main organizers of the gathering.
Mrs. William Burnett was one of the 2 main organizers… Comment on Pres.
The column also had an incorrect photo credit, which was supplied by one of the main organizers of the project.
As Deray McKesson, one of the main organizers in Ferguson, tweeted: "@johnlegend tonight gave us a one-person protest.
Mr. Khan had been one of the main organizers and financiers of the private armies in Buner.
Liu Xiaobo, one of the main organizers of that petition, Charter 08, was arrested soon after it appeared and is serving an 11-year sentence on subversion charges.
