[9] Bland worked on the design floor for Tommy Hilfiger and Ralph Lauren, and in parallel started her own label, Brooklyn Royalty in 2006.

[14] In 2016 the organization was part of an initiative named Advanced Functional Fabrics of America that was awarded $75M federal grant from the Department of Defense.

Bland tapped Linda Sarsour, Tamika Malory, and Carmen Perez as co-chairs in order to give the march a diverse leadership team.

[22] In December 2018, a report by Tablet alleged that in the first meeting between Bland and the two other leaders in the movement, Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez, Jews were blamed for the marginalization of African Americans and the slave trade.

[25] Rabinowitz had written, "The same language and hate that folks spew against Sisters Linda Sarsour and Rep. Ilhan Omar killed 54 Muslim's [sic] in New Zealand.

"[25] Bland apologized for the sharing, stating that while she agreed with the first sentences in the post, she considered it wrong to single out only the establishment of one community.

[25] Bland, Mallory and Sarsour, have also been criticized for their ties with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan (who is notorious for his many antisemitic comments).

[28][29] During the Women's march events in 2017, she often brought her baby girl on stage with her, had been photographed with her, and spoken on the topic of modern motherhood.