Category: Events
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October 16, 2025: Making Your Vote Count: Reforms that could make a difference
New York’s voter turnout is ranked 46th among 50 states. Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass and Henrietta’s Antoinette Brown Blackwell would be ashamed! There are several proposed changes to how we vote that might increase turnout, and we’ll discuss three of them: ranked choice voting, nonpartisan primaries, and the national popular vote. Presenter Barbara Grosh Read more
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Antoinette Brown Blackwell Birthday Celebration
Everyone’s invited to “Nettie’s” Birthday Celebration! Join us for a buffet luncheon, and hear author Suzanne Schnittman discuss her latest book “Provocative Mothers and Their Precocious Daughters: 19th Century Women’s Rights Leaders.” Take a step back in time to uncover the engaging lives of four mothers and daughters. As pioneer women’s rights leaders, Martha Wright, Read more