Saturday, August 22, 2020 - 3:00pm to Saturday, August 29, 2020 - 5:30pm
Below is a brief description of all the Equality week activities (August 22-29). This is a fundraiser for LWVGA. You can purchase one ticket for all events or just get tickets for the events you want to attend. To get tickets and more detailed information, visit the registration link.
EQUALITY WEEK 2020
The Week at a Glance
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | SPEAKERS |
| Saturday, August 22 | Networking: 3:30 PM Event: 4:00 - 6:00PM |
Power of the Vote |
Virginia Kase, CEO, League of Women Voters US
Tharon Johnson, Co-Executive Director, Every. One. Counts
Jovita Moore, Mistress of Ceremonies - News Anchor, WSB-TV, Emmy Award Winner
Special Musical Performances
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| Sunday, August 23 | Networking: 3:30 PM Event: 4:00 - 5:30PM |
Legalize Equality Film and Discussion |
Kati Hornung, Campaign Coordinator, VoteEqualityUS
Andrea Miller, Executive Director, People Demanding Action, Inc.
Tonja Brooks-Roberts, Outreach Director, VoteEqualityUS
Kamala Lopez, Director, Equal Means Equality
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| Monday, August 24 | 2:00 - 3:00PM | Mobilization Monday, Observer Corps Training | Sharon Blackwood, Trainer |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Mobilization Monday, Voter Education Ambassador Training |
Gayla Keesee, LWVCSRA
Anna Sato, LWV Marietta-CobbQ & A with LWV-Gwinnett
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| 6:00 - 9:00PM | Mobilization Monday, Texting Voters Couch Party | Hosted by League of Women Voters of Georgia | |
| Tuesday, August 25 | Networking: 6:30 PM Event: 7:00 - 9:00PM |
Ida B. Wells Film & Author Talk |
Film: Ida B. Wells: Passion for Justice,
Sara L. Silkey, Author, Black Woman Reformer
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| Wednesday, August 26 | Networking: 6:30 PM Event: 7:00 - 9:00PM |
Women Power the Vote |
Ambassador Andrew Young, Former Mayor of Atlanta, Congressman, and Ambassador
Elisabeth MacNamara, Past President, League of Women Voters US
Leah Ward Sears Chief Justice GA Supreme Court (Ret.)
Sophia Choi, Mistress of Ceremonies - News Anchor, WSB-TV, Associated Press Award Winner
Special Musical Performances
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| Thursday, August 27 | Networking: 6:30 PM Event: 7:00 - 9:00PM |
The New Jim Crow: Community Conversation |
Gayla Keesee, LWVCSRA Voter Services
Cookie Barney, LWVCSRA Vice PresidentGeorgia Justice Project
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| Friday, August 28 | Networking: 6:30 PM Event: 7:00 - 9:00PM |
Women’s Voices - Women’s Votes |
Rep. Park Cannon, GA State House, District 58
Mary-Kate Lizzote, Assoc. Prof of Political Science at Augusta Univ., author
Dean Cathy Cox, Dean of Walter F. George School of Law, Former GA Secretary of State & Candidate for GA Governor
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| Saturday, August 29 | Event: 2:00 - 5:30PM | A Community Conversation with A’Lelia Bundles | A’Lelia Bundles, Great-great-granddaughter of Madame C.J. Walker - author of Self-Made |