We'll be working this year to amend the charter to bring Ranked Choice Voting and All-Access Primaries to Rochester. At this webinar we'll take a look at the charter itself to see what's in it about elections. We'll consider proposed language for the amendment and we'll reflect. This will be a real working session. We need to finalize the language by mid February. more info...
How militant suffragists, under Alice Paul’s leadership, finally took women’s suffrage over the finish line in 1920 after a 75-year battle. Everything was stacked against them – but their determination was underestimated. And so is ours! Hear what we can learn from them.
Patricia Nugent gives voice to those who might otherwise be silenced, following a career as a school district administrator and adjunct communication professor. Feeling a deep connection to our foremothers who blazed a trail, she authored the play “The Stone that Started the Ripple” about a modern-day reunion of the founding suffragists, and
published the nonfiction anthology “Before They Were Our Mothers: Voices of Women Born Before Rosie Started Riveting.” She chaired the Women's Rights Awareness Campaign for the Saratoga County League of Women Voters, instrumental in helping to pass the NYS ERA. more info...
Join us for social time at I-Square. There's no agenda but we talk about everything League and have lots of political discussions. Many great ideas originate at First Fridays and a lot of work gets done. And we have a lot of fun. Come when you can, leave when you must. No need to register, just come!
How We Learn to be Brave by Mariann Edgar Budde On January 21, 2025, many Americans were introduced to Bishop Mariann Budde thanks to what The New York Times called “an extraordinary act of public resistance.” During her prayer service for Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration, Bishop Budde addressed the president directly, imploring him “to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,” from those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community to immigrants and refugees.
But for Bishop Budde, this moment was the culmination of a lifetime spent thinking about those pivot points when we’re called on to push past our fears and act with strength. With How We Learn to Be Brave, she teaches us that being brave is not a singular occurrence; it’s a journey that we can choose to undertake every day.
Here, Bishop Budde explores the full range of decisive moments, from the most visible and dramatic (the decision to go), to the internal and personal (the decision to stay), to brave choices made with an eye toward the future (the decision to start), those born of suffering (the decision to accept that which we did not choose), and those that come unexpectedly (the decision to step up to the plate). Drawing on examples ranging from Harry Potter to the Gospel According to Luke, she seamlessly weaves together personal experiences with stories from scripture, history, and pop culture to underscore both the universality of these moments and the particular call each one of us must heed when they arrive.
With Bishop Budde’s wisdom, readers will learn to live and to respond according to their true beliefs and in ways that align with their best selves. How We Learn to Be Brave will provide much-needed fortitude and insight to anyone searching for answers in uncertain times. more info...
Join us for social time at I-Square. There's no agenda but we talk about everything League and have lots of political discussions. Many great ideas originate at First Fridays and a lot of work gets done. And we have a lot of fun. Come when you can, leave when you must. No need to register, just come!
We'll be working this year to amend the charter to bring Ranked Choice Voting and All-Access Primaries to Rochester. At this webinar we'll take a look at the charter itself to see what's in it about elections. We'll consider proposed language for the amendment and we'll reflect. This will be a real working session. We need to finalize the language by mid February.
On January 21, 2025, many Americans were introduced to Bishop Mariann Budde thanks to what The New York Times called “an extraordinary act of public resistance.” During her prayer service for Donald J. Trump’s second inauguration, Bishop Budde addressed the president directly, imploring him “to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared now,” from those who are part of the LGBTQ+ community to immigrants and refugees.