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DESCRIPTION:Women Take The Stage: Rally & Concert Honoring the 19th Amendment's 
 Centennial\n\nWhen: Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 6 PM - 7:15 PM PT (9 PM 
 – 10:15 PM ET)\n\nCost: FREE\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-take-the-stage-tickets-112366583476\n\nLivestream: 
 https://www.facebook.com/wttsrally/\n\nFacebook post: 
 https://www.facebook.com/events/275648663500667/\n__________________________________________________________\n\nWomen 
 Take the Stage is an online rally to commemorate the centennial of the 
 \n19th Amendment and address our nation’s voting issues. On Equality Day 
 2020 \nthis August 26, speakers and musicians will share a virtual stage 
 for inspiration, \nentertainment and voting action. The rally aims to 
 amplify women’s voices in order to:\n \n- Get more people to vote\n- 
 Support free, fair and safe elections\n- Increase the number of women in 
 elected office\n\nThe lineup so far ...\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n- Alicia Garza 
 (Co-founder, Supermajority)\n- Andrea Jenkins (Trailblazing transgender 
 politician)\n- Billie Jean King (Tennis icon)\n- Carol Jenkins (CEO, ERA 
 Coalition)\n- Charlotte Mangin (Director, UNLADYLIKE2020)\n- Debbie 
 Almontaser (American Muslim Women PAC)\n- Dolores Huerta (Legendary labor 
 leader)\n- Gail Small (Executive Director, Native Action)\n- Gloria Steinem 
 (Groundbreaking feminist & writer)\n- Idina Menzel (Actor, singer)\n- Rev. 
 Jacqui Lewis (Anti-racism leader)\n- Jennifer Siebel Newsom (Founder, The 
 Representation Project; CA First Partner)\n- Kierra Johnson (Deputy 
 Executive Director, National LGBTQ Task Force)\n- Lakeila Stemmons 
 (National Director, Higher Heights)\n- Letitia James (New York's first and 
 current African American Attorney General)\n- Lily Tomlin (Actor, writer, 
 comedian)\n- Megan Smith (CEO, shift7; 3rd Chief Technology Officer of the 
 US)\n- Mia Ives-Rublee (Founder, Women's March Disability Caucus)\n- Mona 
 Lake Jones (Poet Laureate of Seattle)\n- Ruth Simmons (Ivy League's first 
 African American president; current president of an HBCU)\n- Staceyann Chin 
 & Zuri (Spoken-word poet & daughter)\n- Tina Tchen (CEO, Time's Up)\n- 
 Vanessa Williams (Actor, singer)\n\nMUSIC\n\n- Be Steadwell\n- BETTY\n- 
 Dance Brigade\n- DGLS\n- Indigo Girls\n- Kate Pierson\n- Martha Redbone\n- 
 Pura Fé\n- Skip the Needle\n- Sweet Honey in the Rock\n- Tamika 
 Lawrence\n__________________________________________________________\n\nABOUT: 
 Women Take the Stage\n\nWomen Take the Stage is a collaboration between 
 three equal rights organizations. \n1@1 Productions stages arts events and 
 actions for women's rights. Women March in Seneca Falls ensures that 
 feminist voices, equality and justice stay on the action agenda in New York 
 State and nationally. WILL fosters values-based leadership and active 
 participation in government and other venues of social 
 transformation.\n\nTogether they’ve created a groundbreaking concert and 
 rally on the centennial of the 19th Amendment, celebrating the heroes whose 
 work advanced women's right to vote, and highlighting voting action still 
 needed today.\n\nWebsite: 
 https://womentakethestage.org/\n__________________________________________________________\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/10/18835845.php
SUMMARY:Women Take The Stage: Rally & Concert Honoring the 19th Amendment's Centennial
LOCATION:Online via livestream (free)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/10/18835845.php
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