A Musical Meditation on Women's Suffrage and the Fight for Intersectionality
This event will feature a recording of The Dream Unfinished: An Activist Orchestra’s community reading of Fanny Lou Hamer’s speech, “I am Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired.” In this speech, Fanny Lou Hamer, voting rights activist and civil rights leader, highlighted the injustices she and others in her community faced in securing their right to vote in 1964. On Election Day, Americans everywhere will exercise that right, thanks to the work of women like Fanny. The recording will play for the first 20-30 minutes of the event and the final 30 minutes will be a discussion about arts and civic engagement, voting rights, and current voter suppression.
Registration link: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-ZhXxgw_T_e1X9Y5UGUwIg
Featuring:
- Sarah Overton, Production Manager, The Dream Unfinished Orchestra
- Amshula Jayaram, Senior Campaign Strategist, Demos
- Jennifer Wilson, Deputy Director, League of Women Voters of NYS