Celebrating the Centennial Ratification of the 19th Amendment
Welcome to The New York Hilton, Manhattan, NY
Thursday, JULY 23rd, 2020
10:00am - 6:30pm
CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
• Michele Jones Galvin - (3x) Great Grandniece of Harriet Tubman
• Kenneth B. Morris Jr. - (3x) Great Grandson of Frederick Douglass • Alice McCoy - (3x) Great Granddaughter of John Brown
• Manuela Roosevelt - Wife of David Roosevelt (FDR & Eleanor)
• Women’s Campaign School at Yale, 1- Day Candidate Training “Boot Camp” (by invite only-please inquire)
• Legacy Day Program, Featuring a Meet & Greet with the Legacy Co-Chairs & Ancestry/Genealogy-related panel discussions & Book signings
• Afternoon Tea Talk, Featuring Ellen Easton, Tea Aficionado
• Dinner on your own
• Opening Reception, Centennial Celebration (RSVP required) (not included with conf registration)
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Remembering Bella
Friday, JULY 24th, 2020
8:00am - 8:00pm
Posthumous Birthday Celebration NYC Congresswoman Bella Abzug | The Centennial Celebration of the 19th Amendment
• Morning Plenary
• Welcome, Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer
• Harold Holzer, The Political Bella & The Roosevelt Family Legacy
• Ruth Hassell-Thompson – The triumphs and defeats of 20th century political women
• Keynote, Liz Abzug - “Remembering Bella in the context of 21st century Feminism”
• Panel - Advantages of Rank Choice Voting - What does this mean for Women Candidates?
• Lunch & Hat pageant
• Afternoon Breakouts – 6 breakout sessions (3 concurrent - 45 mins)
• TBA The Wing, The relevance and history of Women’s social clubs
• Vanessa Herman, Discussing Opportunities for political engagement for students in Higher
Education
• Military TBA, Moving the dial from rank and file to heroine
• Modern Day philanthropy, How can women access the Capital needed for Entrepreneurial
success
• Social Justice topic, TBA
• Roundtable discussion, TBA
• Afternoon Plenary
• Keynote Speaker, Loida Lewis, Women & Power - 21st Century thinking
• Acknowledgement of Hunter College 150th Anniversary, Zeta Phi Beta Centennial
Celebration
• Dinner on your own
• Denim & Pearls Dinner-Dance (Sadie Hawkins Empowerment Dance, cohosted by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority (not included with conf registration)
SHEroes Day™️
Saturday, JULY 25th, 2020
8:00am - 7:00pm
• Morning Plenary
• Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President, Opening Remarks
• Keynote, Racial Justice ...Are we there yet?
• Morning Roundtable Panel discussion - The future of Tech & Women
• Youth Speak - Roundtable TBA - A Candid Discussion about Economics and The
opportunity agenda for the youth marketplace
• Networking Lunch
• Afternoon Workshop
2 concurrent Town Hall Meetings - Topics TBA
• Solutions needed - Women & Domestic Violence
• Solutions needed - A Candid look at the Opportunity Agenda
for Women
• Solution needed - Reproductive: Whose Right to choose and
how are women coping with this retrograde? • Dinner on your own
2020 Seneca Falls Conference For 3 Days
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