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Permalink Reply by Susan Kraft on -
I hope you're right. A few women in my local SF Bay California WCA chapter are discussing how we can bring awareness & big spirit to young women in particular regarding women's issues. Our rights even in America are being systematcally stripped away.
We are planning an public event, through WCA, to invite artists to submit art to a show commerating the 19th amendment.
We want to wrap a speaker event around it & ask the young women's sub-caucus of WCA to be involved.
We believe the only way is to unite, act, & speak out for our human rights
as a whole and as individuals.
What else can I do? And that is a real question.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Kraft on
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You are asking important topics of discussion.
Can you add a Tweet This button on this page?
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Permalink Reply by Louise Vance on -
Great to hear from you, Susan. I agree wholeheartedly about uniting and acting and speaking out.
In terms of a speaker for your event, I do speak publicly and screen the film, but my time is spread so thin that I do need to charge a speaking fee. There are also four young women from the film here in the Bay Area, who might be able to speak. So let me know if you want to go down that path.
Additionally, I have three great women I want to connect you with. One is Kim Salter, a key organizer of the California Centennial Celebration of women gaining the right to vote. They're doing a big event in Sacramento marking this in October, planning activities over a weekend. Kim's in southern California. Kimsalter@cox.net
The second woman is Mona Lisa Wallace of SF NOW, CA NOW and National NOW. She is a dynamo and always looking to engage young women and form new alliances. Kim would have Mona Lisa's email. She's a big, big fan of Seneca Falls and recently organized the Earth Day sponsorship by NOW in SF.
Finally, are you in touch with Martha Richards at WomenArts here in San Francisco? If not, I would highly recommend you contact her. The Facebook page is WomenArts. The mission of WCA and WA seem to be very similar. Martha's wonderful. m.richards@womenarts.org
We're working on the "tweet this" button you suggest - thanks. Should be up later today.
All best,
Louise
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Permalink Reply by Susan Kraft on
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I would love to meet and talk to women involved in you Seneca falls documentary. Our event is planned for August 2012, An invited speaker & screening your film @ the conference is a great idea. We are still in the early planning stages
Can we move this conversation to email?
-Susan
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Permalink Reply by Louise Vance on
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Sure. You can reach me at louise@senecafallsfilm.org.
- Louise
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Permalink Reply by Susan Kraft on
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It's been many months since the last post.
I am thrilled to write we contracted a fantastic space at the National Steinbeck Center for our conference.
The date is set for September 8, 2012.
Let's talk and make plans for speakers and films on the conference theme, Honoring Women's Rights.
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California to mandate teaching women's history?
In Seneca Falls,17-year-old Annie tells us, "knowing your history gives you courage." Yet the majority of schools in the U.S. still don't teach about the women's rights movement that began there.
But good news! At our suggestion, the California Women Suffrage Centennial Committee is seeking a legislator to sponsor a bill requiring teaching women's history in the state's schools. If they succeed, California will join Illinois, Florida, and Louisiana – states that have passed laws requiring teaching women’s history in K–12 classrooms.
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