(Updated - New List of UniteWomen.org Events)
Be part of history-in-the-making, with women from all around the country who will join UniteWomen.org and 13 other national organizations for the 'Suffrage Centennial Celebration'. The event will take place this weekend, in Washington DC. Plan to be changed, stunned, angered and inspired by the panels and lectures, museum exhibits, a staged reading of the acclaimed Off Broadway play about Alice Paul, movies, and family activities... Many events are free and open to the public. The weekend events will finish with an exciting and historic march on Sunday, by the Washington Monument. There is no charge to march with UnitedWomen.org - *you can register online.
Schedule For UniteWomen.org Events (Check main site for other events)
Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Information Tables & Order Pickup inside the AAUW office
1111 16th St. NW, Washington DC
Saturday 10:00am - 12:00pm
Panel: Modern Day Activism - Role Of Social Media (Free)
1111 16th St. NW, Washington DC
Saturday 12:15am - 1:45pm
Panel: Talking To Your Legislators about ERA (AAUA) (Free)
1111 16th St. NW, Washington DC
Saturday 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Panel:Author, Robert Cooney, "Winning The Vote" (Free)
111116th St. NW, Washington DC
To Reserve Panel Tickets: http://suffrage-centennial.org/...
Sunday 8:00am - 2:00pm
March & Rallies: Delta Suffrage Centennial March (Free)
West Lawn US Capitol then Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC
(Look for UnitedWomen.org Banner)
*Register to March in the Parade: http://unitewomen.ticketleap.com/...
Other Events for Saturday & Sunday, Include:
Women's History Family Festival
Suffrage Parade Display of Artifacts
Showing of Film, 'iron Jawed Angel"
Program: History of Women in Journalism
Program: Nellie Bly as a Pioneering Journalist
Author's Discussion: "First Ladies: Hidden in Plain Sight"
Panel Discussion: Generations Fighting for the Vote
Featured Exhibit: Fashioning the New Women
Pre-March Rally & Post-March Rally
(Most events are free. Some require admission. Please check main site.)
For more information and a complete list of all events please visit the main site: http://suffrage-centennial.org/...
The many programs and events will be presented by: Alice Paul Institute, American Association of University Women, Cultural Tourism, DC, Daughters of the American Revolution, Delta Sigma Theta, National Archives, National Park Service, National Press Club, National Women’s History Museum, Newseum, Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Turning Point Suffragist Memorial, UniteWomen.org
“This centennial anniversary could not be more timely,” said Karen Teegarden, President/CEO of UniteWomen.org. “Last year, the amount of legislation threatening women’s rights reached such a fever pitch that an immense groundswell of support for a resurgence of the Women’s Rights Movement developed all across the country.”
Join UniteWomen.org on Facebook::https://www.facebook.com/....
Media Contact - Email: Public.Relations@unitewomen.org
Note from the Writer: UnitedWomen.org has been very supportive in the Stop Rush Limbaugh Sponsor Movement after his attack on Sandra Fluke, calling her a 'slut' and 'prostitute' after she appeared in front of Congress advocating for mandated insurance coverage for birth control. To become more involved, you can sign this petition and join other active groups like UniteWomen.org listed below:
Sign: Limbaugh Sponsor Petition: http://www.change.org/...
Join: Boycott Rush Limbaugh ... https://www.facebook.com/...
Visit: StopRush: http://stoprush.net/...
Join: The Fight To Flush Rush: https://www.facebook.com/...
Join: One Million Pissed Off Women: https://www.facebook.com/...
Thank you, Richard Myers. We are finishing the work. Rest in peace.