AVOW Founder Patti Hays Explains Why The Vote Is Only a Piece of the Puzzle

AVOW Founder Patti Hays Explains Why The Vote Is Only a Piece of the Puzzle

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Patti Hays CEO, AWS Foundation November 1920 is remembered for the election when women, white women, across the United States were allowed to vote for the first time. However, it was not until the civil rights laws of 1965 when Black women were freed from Jim Crow laws and were ensured that same right. The vote … Read More

On the Shoulders of Pioneers: AVOW Founder Marilyn Moran-Townsend on Why Representation Matters

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Marilyn Moran-Townsend CEO, CVC Communications “I’m no lady; I’m a Member of Congress.” These words were spoken in 1916 by Jeannette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to Congress. She advocated for the creation of a Committee on Women’s Suffrage and was appointed to it once the committee was formed. When the special committee reported out a constitutional … Read More

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August 2020

Saturday, August 1, 2020

August is an important month for women’s rights. On August 26th, we celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, and August 6th was the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Suffragists fought for over 70 years to add the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave many women in the United States … Read More

Behind #BlackLivesMatter

Monday, July 6, 2020

By Hannah Shoue “This is a movement led and envisioned and directed by Black women. Many of us are queer, we’re moms, and we really started this work because we wanted to see our children survive. We’re laying the groundwork and foundation for a new world, not just for our descendants but for right now” … Read More