A march on Washington to reject the divisive, insulting, and demonizing rhetoric of the presidential campaign could conflict with President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural events, though the National Park Service has not yet ruled out allowing the Gathering for Justice event to include the Lincoln Memorial.

Scheduled for January 21, the day after the new president is sworn in, the gathering also known as the Women's March on Washington has attracted at least 138,000 people who plan to attend, according to the group's Facebook page.

The rhetoric of the past election cycle has insulted, demonized, and threatened many of us--women, immigrants of all statuses, those with diverse religious faiths particularly Muslim, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native and Indigenous people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, the economically impoverished and survivors of sexual assault. We are confronted with the question of how to move forward in the face of national and international concern and fear.

In the spirit of democracy and honoring the champions of human rights, dignity, and justice who have come before us, we join in diversity to show our presence in numbers too great to ignore. The Women’s March on Washington will send a bold message to our new administration on their first day in office, and to the world that women's rights are human rights. We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us.

On Friday the Park Service issued a statement acknowledging that the march's leaders had sought permits to use various public sites in Washington D.C., including the Lincoln Memorial.

"The Lincoln Memorial has already been requested by the Presidential Inaugural Committee and therefore may not be available for additional permitted events on January 21," Park Service spokesman Mike Litterest said in a prepared statement. "The Lincoln Memorial is among the eight sites permitted to the committee approximately one year ago to stage the inaugural celebration.

"When there is a conflict of time and location for events on the National Mall, precedence is established by the order in which the permit application was received. Providing the space required for the Presidential Inauguration, while also accommodating the free speech rights of protesters and supporters, is a longstanding responsibility for the National Park Service," he added. "The National Park Service has not denied the Gathering for Justice’s permit request and we continue to work with them through this permitting process to identify locations within the district where they can safely gather and exercise their First Amendment rights."