Upcoming Events at Wyndham Garden Conference Center
Sat Aug 25, 11:30 AM - Sat Aug 25, 1:30 PM
2900 SW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 35200
Community: Gainesville
Description
Please Join Us! The Friends of Susan B. Anthony invite you to join us for our Annual Women's Equality Day Luncheon.
Event Details
On Saturday, August 25, 2018, we will celebrate the 170th anniversary of the women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 and the 98th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (woman suffrage) 1920.
The luncheon will feature an award presentation and a speaker.
Award Presentation
2018 Recipient of Friends of Susan B. Anthony Award
Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida
We are pleased to honor Dr. Simmons for her work in the areas of civil rights in the U.S, as well as international human rights and peace.
Featured Speaker
Dr. Lynn Leverty
Assistant Director, Academic Programs, Bob Graham Center for Public Service, University of Florida.
Dr. Leverty's talk, "Women on the Run: Changing the Face of Elected Office", will address the much discussed phenomenon of record numbers of women running for elected office this fall and its significance on both the national and local level.
The luncheon will feature an award presentation and a speaker.
Award Presentation
2018 Recipient of Friends of Susan B. Anthony Award
Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons
Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida
We are pleased to honor Dr. Simmons for her work in the areas of civil rights in the U.S, as well as international human rights and peace.
Featured Speaker
Dr. Lynn Leverty
Assistant Director, Academic Programs, Bob Graham Center for Public Service, University of Florida.
Dr. Leverty's talk, "Women on the Run: Changing the Face of Elected Office", will address the much discussed phenomenon of record numbers of women running for elected office this fall and its significance on both the national and local level.
