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Suffrage100MA Gala: June 14, 2023

June 1, 2023 By Michelle Juralewicz

Suffrage100MA Gala on June 14, 2023 and announcement of upcoming into Massachusetts Women's History Center.

On June 14, 2023, Suffrage100MA hosted its first-ever Gala at The Liberty Hotel, Boston, honoring longtime supporters and unveiling its upcoming transition into the Massachusetts Women’s History Center (virtual at first) with its flagship program, the Massachusetts Women’s Hall of Fame, taking place fall 2023. Governor Maura Healey and Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll served as honorary hosts and Shirley Leung of The Boston Globe led the evening as emcee, joining Fredie Kay, Founder & President, Suffrage100MA. The site of the Gala, The Liberty Hotel, was formerly Boston’s Charles Street Jail, where the last suffragists in the country were jailed for peacefully protesting President Woodrow Wilson at the Massachusetts State House for the right to vote in 1919. See Gala photos below!

Suffrage100MA honored three long-time supporters with awards named for the women depicted in the Boston Women’s Memorial:

  • Nancy Beeuwkes, Abigail Adams Award, presented by Carol Rose, Executive Director of the ACLU of Massachusetts;
  • Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler, Lucy Stone Award, presented by Senate President Karen Spilka;
  • Charlotte Golar Richie, Phillis Wheatley Award, presented  by the Honorable Linda Dorcena Forry.

Fredie Kay, Suzanne Fischer, Exhibit Coach, and Jon Geldert, Theory One Design, provided a sneak peak at Suffrage100MA’s upcoming logo and website for its upcoming transition into the Massachusetts Women’s History Center with its flagship program, the Massachusetts Women’s Hall of Fame.

Suffrage100MA Board Members Mary-dith Tuitt (Vice President), Georgina Arrieta-Ruetenik (Clerk & Treasurer), Rosaline Lowe (Director), and Hermes Velasquez (Director) encouraged support of the new women’s history ventures, while Julie Beckham entertained with two musical performances.

The group started in 2010 to commemorate the 90th  anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and soon became Suffrage100MA, with regular commemorations leading up to the suffrage centennial of 2020. Stay tuned for updates on the MWHC/MWHOF at Suffrage100MA.org!

Feature: Suffrage100MA Looking Back and Moving Forward

Video by CMTv Productions.

Donations still welcome! Gala Sponsorship Information and Donation Link

 

Photo credit: Axie Breen Photography.

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Suffragists Support #StopAsianHate

March 2021

Dear Suffrage100MA Community,

Suffrage100MA stands with the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community and grieves for the eight victims recently murdered in Georgia, six of whom were women of Asian descent.  Carry the victims in your hearts, light candles for them, learn about their lives:  Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Ziaojie Tan, Delaina Yaun and Young Ae Yue.

The words of this song from the 1949 musical “South Pacific” are more applicable than ever:

You’ve got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught
From year to year,
It’s got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

“You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” was a highly controversial song, but thankfully, ultimately included in the show. The song was written to address racism against Asians and all people.  The character Lt. Cable, a Caucasian man who has fallen in love with an Asian woman, is distressed by the prejudice against interracial couples and racism in general, sang the song after saying the words “…racism is not born in you! It happens after you’re born…”

James Taylor recorded the song in Nov. 2020.

We must work to end the racism that is “…drummed in your dear little ear…”

In 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans are up almost 150 percent.  Discrimination against the Asian community has existed in this country since Asians arrived in the late 19th century.  Asians faced discrimination against dignity and equality, and were denied citizenship and the right to vote until the middle of the 20thcentury. After the 19th Amendment was adopted extending the vote to women, discriminatory laws prevented Asian Americans, Native Americans and African Americans from voting for decades and today the crisis for voter accessibility is growing.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, “In a backlash to historic voter turnout in the 2020 general election, and grounded in a rash of baseless and racist allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities, legislators have introduced well over four times the number of bills to restrict voting access as compared to roughly this time last year. Thirty-three states have introduced, prefiled, or carried over 165 restrictive bills this year (as compared to 35 such bills in fifteen states on February 3, 2020).”

Suffrage100MA is committed to increasing accessibility to the ballot and inspiring voters to exercise their right to vote by sharing the history of those who fought bravely, sometimes losing their lives, for decades and across centuries, to secure the vote.  Let us each recognize the power and importance of voting to express one’s voice

On behalf of the Suffrage100MA Board of Directors –
With deep appreciation to all of you for being on this journey with us,

Fredie Kay
Founder & President, Suffrage100MA