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X-WR-CALDESC:Looking Back –and Ahead: The Long Road to Equality\n\nYoung an
 d old are invited to a living history event Looking Back –and Ahead: The L
 ong Road to Equality at 2 p.m. on Saturday\, August 22 to break ground for
  an Equality Garden in Peterboro. As seeds are planted\, programming will 
 weave the history of the century of organizing that led to the 19th Amendm
 ent\, as well as the century of organizing still underway as the United St
 ates continues its work toward Equality. Suzanne B. Spring PhD\, Jeff McAr
 n and students from Colgate University and Hamilton College will facilitat
 e the participatory program commemorating Equality Day.\n\nSuzanne B. Spri
 ng PhD is Senior Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric\, the Coordinator of Sec
 ond Language Writing\, and the Director of the LGBTQ Program at Colgate Un
 iversity. Jeffrey McArn has been Hamilton's College Chaplain since 1996\, 
 when he was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church. A native of
  Laurinburg\, N.C.\, Jeff is a graduate of Davidson College and Harvard Di
 vinity School. Chaplain McArn and Dr. Spring are Co-Chairs of the Cultural
  Diversity Committee for the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in
  Peterboro NY.\n\nPeterboro will observe Equality Day with a second event 
 at 2 pm on Sunday August 23 Norm Dann will present Ballots and Bloomers: P
 assionate Reforms and Peterboro. Dann will share his research on writings 
 of Elizabeth Cady Stanton\, (cousin of Gerrit Smith) and of Elizabeth Smit
 h Miller (Gerrit Smith’s daughter)\, and the reforms that were influenced.
 \n\nOn August 26th\, 1970\, Betty Freidan and the National Organization fo
 r Women (NOW) organized a nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality to demand
  equal opportunities. Over 100\,000 women participated. This strike shined
  light on the injustices and disparities lived daily by women across the n
 ation. In 1971\, Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY) introduced a bill which
  designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day. This date was selected to
  commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment to the Constitution wh
 ich granted women suffrage. Women’s Equality Day celebrates women’s suffra
 ge but also brings attention to women’s continuous path towards true equal
 ity. \n\nThe President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation
  annually in commemoration for the struggle that continues to this day.\nB
 oth events take place at the Smithfield Community Center\, 5255 Pleasant V
 alley Road\, Peterboro NY 13134. \n\nFor further updates and information: 
 www.peterboroNY.org and 315-280-8828.\n\nAdmission is Free\n
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DESCRIPTION:Looking Back –and Ahead: The Long Road to Equality\n\nYoung and
  old are invited to a living history event Looking Back –and Ahead: The Lo
 ng Road to Equality at 2 p.m. on Saturday\, August 22 to break ground for 
 an Equality Garden in Peterboro. As seeds are planted\, programming will w
 eave the history of the century of organizing that led to the 19th Amendme
 nt\, as well as the century of organizing still underway as the United Sta
 tes continues its work toward Equality. Suzanne B. Spring PhD\, Jeff McArn
  and students from Colgate University and Hamilton College will facilitate
  the participatory program commemorating Equality Day.\n\nSuzanne B. Sprin
 g PhD is Senior Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric\, the Coordinator of Seco
 nd Language Writing\, and the Director of the LGBTQ Program at Colgate Uni
 versity. Jeffrey McArn has been Hamilton's College Chaplain since 1996\, w
 hen he was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church. A native of 
 Laurinburg\, N.C.\, Jeff is a graduate of Davidson College and Harvard Div
 inity School. Chaplain McArn and Dr. Spring are Co-Chairs of the Cultural 
 Diversity Committee for the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in 
 Peterboro NY.\n\nPeterboro will observe Equality Day with a second event a
 t 2 pm on Sunday August 23 Norm Dann will present Ballots and Bloomers: Pa
 ssionate Reforms and Peterboro. Dann will share his research on writings o
 f Elizabeth Cady Stanton\, (cousin of Gerrit Smith) and of Elizabeth Smith
  Miller (Gerrit Smith’s daughter)\, and the reforms that were influenced.
 \n\nOn August 26th\, 1970\, Betty Freidan and the National Organization fo
 r Women (NOW) organized a nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality to demand
  equal opportunities. Over 100\,000 women participated. This strike shined
  light on the injustices and disparities lived daily by women across the n
 ation. In 1971\, Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY) introduced a bill which
  designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day. This date was selected to
  commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment to the Constitution wh
 ich granted women suffrage. Women’s Equality Day celebrates women’s suffra
 ge but also brings attention to women’s continuous path towards true equal
 ity. \n\nThe President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation
  annually in commemoration for the struggle that continues to this day.\nB
 oth events take place at the Smithfield Community Center\, 5255 Pleasant V
 alley Road\, Peterboro NY 13134. \n\nFor further updates and information: 
 www.peterboroNY.org and 315-280-8828.\n\nAdmission is Free\n
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T160000
LOCATION:Peterboro\, New York
SUMMARY:Equality Day
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