From Suffrage to the ERA: Equity, Resilience, Activism: Oct 2

 

Daemen's History & Political Science Department is proud to announce our role as a partner organization for the event, "From Suffrage to the ERA: Equity, Resiliency, Activism," which will explore the history, significance, and potential impact of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution. 

 

The event will take place from 9:30 to 12:00 on Saturday, October 2, in the Wick Social Room. (In-person registration starts at 9:00.) It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The event will be presented in a hybrid format (in person and streamed live on Zoom). Register here: https://bit.ly/SuffragetoERA 

 

In addition to exploring women's fight for voting rights, participants will address the impact of the pandemic on women (the She-session) and the current movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The event commemorates the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment that empowered women to vote (enacted in 1920) along with the upcoming centennial of the ERA (introduced into Congress in 1923), thus connecting past, present, and future issues related to women's full equality in American society.

Historian Sally Roesch Wagner

The format of the event includes a keynote speech by Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, followed by a panel discussion exploring the ERA's impact on different aspects of women's lives. Dr. Wagner is well known for her public lectures and is the author of several books on the women's rights movement. Panelists will address specific issues impeding women's pursuit of full equality: violence against women, economic inequality, women's health and reproductive justice, and women's under-representation in government. Panelists include Karen King (Erie County Commissioner of Public Advocacy); Ava Thomas (Operations Manager for the Family Justice Center); Shanaz Butt (Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Sciences in Philadelphia); and Diana Cihak (founder of WomenElect and WEPac).

The corporate sponsor of the event is the West Herr Auto Group. Partners of the Western New York Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee (WNYWSCCC), organized by the League of Women Voters of Buffalo/Niagara, are Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (Gamma Phi Omega Chapter), AAUW Buffalo Branch, Buffalo & Erie County Central Library, Daemen College History & Political Science Department, the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, NYS Women Inc. – Region VIII, UB Gender Institute, Women’s Auxiliary of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Western New York Women’s Foundation, Women’s Bar Association of the state of New York, and Zonta Club of Buffalo.