A better president and hes got the character and the experience to make us a better country and in my frien kamel harris hes chosen an ideal partner who is more than prepared for the job someone who knows what its like to overcome barriers and whos made a career fighting to help others live out their own American Dream along with the experience needed to get things done joe and comma have concrete policies that will turn their vision of a better fairer stronger country into reality they will get this pandemic under control like joe did when he helped me manage h one n one and prevent an Ebola Outbreak from reaching our shores theyll expand health care to more americans like joe and i did 10 years ago when he helped craft the Affordable Care act and nailed down the votes to make it the law the rescue the economy like joe help me do after the Great Recession i asked him to manage the recovery act which jump started the longest stretch of job growth in history and he sees this moment now
Amendment giving women the right to vote. The womens Suffrage Centennial commission hosted this conversation. Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome. My name is dr. Colleen show gun and im the vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. On behalf of the commission and twitter. Were thrilled to bring you womens fight for the vote, celebrating 100 years of the 19th amendment, conversation with elaine weiss and Hillary Rodham clinton moderated by dr. Carla hayden. This is the 100 Year Anniversary of the 19th amendment and the womens right to vote. And in honor of this milestone of american democracy, congress has officially designated august as National Womens suffrage month. The Centennial Commission is coordinating suffrage month on behalf of the congress and the American People and if this history interests you, please visit the commission at womens vote 100. Org to learn more and engage. But for now lets enjoy this conversation between the three brilliant women as we celeb
Have worked tirelessly to make this program possible. Thank you to each and every one of them for their contributions and support. Id also like to say a huge thank you to our Program Sponsors p g and merck. This program would not have been possible without them. For those of you who dont know us, all in together is a nonpartisan womens Civic Education organization. Since our founding in 2014, weve trained tens of thousands of women across america on the tools of civic leadership, advocacy and community organizing. We are working to ensure women have power and agency in american democracy. Were especially committed to mobilizing women at the margins of our democratic process. In this year and every year, our work remains urgent and vital. This Program Honors the heroism of the suffragettes who fought to ensure women the right to vote but also reminds us of the many women who were left out of that victory. We celebrate womens suffrage even as we remember that women of color could not exe
Candidate for president of the United States, joe biden. We also reaffirmed our values as a party, a party of resilience and hope, empathy and inclusion. Ups is a party that fires me as a young man in the city, registered voters with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in a mississippi delta, and campaigning for the United States house of representatives. Its the party that taught me that Public Service should serve the public, even when your opponents call you names like nasty or slow. I know call this Third Session of the 40th quadrennial National Convention of the Democratic Party to order. Now lets get this show started. And now, live from wisconsin, please welcome governor tony evers. Folks. Evening, i am tony evers, and i am incredibly proud to be the 46th governor of the great state of wisconsin. We were really looking forward to having you here in americas dairyland. Unfortunately, the pandemic means we cannot do that this year. But what unites us is far greater than
Stopit is truly an honor to be speaking with you tonight. That i am here tonight is a testament to generations before me, women and men who believed so fiercely in the promise of equality, liberty, and justice for all. The 100thmarks anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment as we celebrate the women who fought for that right. Yet, so many black women who helped secure that victory were still prohibited from voting long after its ratification. But they were undeterred. Recognition,re or they organized and testified and rallied and marched and fought, not just for their these women and the generations that followed worked to make realracy and opportunity in the lives of all of us who followed. The paved the way for trailblazing leadership of barack obama and Hillary Clinton , and these Women Inspired us to pick up the torch and fight on. Women like mary church terrel, sandy lou hamer, and diane nash, and the great shirley chisholm. We are not often taught their stories. We all st