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National Virtual Online Music Concert
to Celebrate 100 Years of Women's Suffrage Women's Equality Day: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Suffrage: the right of voting, also the exercise of such right
Women's Suffrage: the right of women to vote in elections One hundred years ago the 19th Amendment was ratified and adopted by the United States of America. On August 18, 1920, the last state (of the 36 needed) ratified the 19th Amendment; it was officially adopted on August 26, 1920.
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." In 1973 August 26 was designated as Women's Equality Day. *
[Obama about Women's Equality Day] |
Sponsors:
Sponsors will be featured throughout the broadcast with their name & logo, video messages, etc.
Sponsors are asked 3 things: 1. Provide name & logo 2. Advise on acts 3. Promote the event thru your networks
Suggestions of a musician/s to add to this event and best processes to make it a wild success are greatly appreciated! Contact Pete directly at petekronowitt@gmail.com or Heather Allison at heather@eramn.org; 651-214-1702.
Sponsors are asked 3 things: 1. Provide name & logo 2. Advise on acts 3. Promote the event thru your networks
Suggestions of a musician/s to add to this event and best processes to make it a wild success are greatly appreciated! Contact Pete directly at petekronowitt@gmail.com or Heather Allison at heather@eramn.org; 651-214-1702.
* About Women's Equality Day
At the behest of Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY), in 1971 and passed in 1973, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as “Women’s Equality Day.” The date was selected to commemorate the 1920 certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. This was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York. The observance of Women’s Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality.
~ National Women's History Alliance
~ National Women's History Alliance
Joint Resolution of Congress, 1971 - Designating August 26 of each year as Women’s Equality Day
WHEREAS, the women of the United States have been treated as second-class citizens and have not been entitled the full rights and privileges, public or private, legal or institutional, which are available to male citizens of the United States;
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WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally regardless of sex;
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WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights;
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WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26th of each year is designated as Women’s Equality Day, and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women’s rights took place.
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WHEREAS, the women of the United States have united to assure that these rights and privileges are available to all citizens equally regardless of sex;
and
WHEREAS, the women of the United States have designated August 26, the anniversary date of the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment, as symbol of the continued fight for equal rights;
and
WHEREAS, the women of United States are to be commended and supported in their organizations and activities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that August 26th of each year is designated as Women’s Equality Day, and the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of that day in 1920, on which the women of America were first given the right to vote, and that day in 1970, on which a nationwide demonstration for women’s rights took place.
** About Face the Music
Face The Music is a collective of creative activists committed to helping raise the voice of social justice, and connect artist-activists with supportive communities to create viable collaborations and inspire individual action. Artistic expression of global humanitarian themes have been one catalyst of progressive cultural shifts. We seek to encourage new, creative artists towards activism, in the tradition of folk and other social justice genres. We commit to amplifying the voice of social justice by supporting the connection of artist-activists with supportive communities, industry and arts organizations to create viable collaborations that support a safe and just world.
