
Seneca Falls Revisited
Centennial Experience
Seneca Falls Revisited
2020 Conference
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL

Seneca Falls Revisited
Centennial Experience
Seneca Falls Revisited
2020 Conference
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL

Seneca Falls Revisited
Centennial Experience
Seneca Falls Revisited
2020 Conference
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL

Seneca Falls Revisited
Centennial Experience
Seneca Falls Revisited
2020 Conference
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL

Seneca Falls Revisited
Centennial Experience
Seneca Falls Revisited
2020 Conference
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL
23 - 25 JULY 2020 | VIRTUAL
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About
The Program
CREW | 2020 SENECA FALLS REVISITED VIRTUAL CENTENNIAL EXPERIENCE
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment of Women’s Right to Vote
NYC 1920 | JULY 23-25, 2020
Empowering and Energizing Women
in New York State and nationally with the importance of voting
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
We will celebrate together the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment of Women’s Right to Vote following in the footsteps of the NYS suffragists, to be part of affecting change. You will experience visionary insights from our amazing speakers, legacy descendants and inspiration from the voices of the past as well as the next up and coming generation.
THE PROGRAM
A star-studded awareness event with the most incredible prominent female leadership, advocates, entrepreneurs – and inclusive and diverse audience of women as we set the tone for “Energizing the Power of our Vote in 2020!” – making our voices heard during Congressional and Presidential elections this year.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS | Four main themes:
•The true meaning of sacrifice • Sisterhood with a purpose •Coalition building • Progress
PROGRAM CHAIR
- Honorable Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President
PROGRAM NEW YORK STATE ADVISOR
- Honorable Ruth Hassell-Thompson, NYS Special Advisor for Policy & Community Affairs
LEGACY CO-CHAIRS
- Michele Jones Galvin (3x) Great Grandniece of Harriet Tubman
- Kenneth B. Morris Jr. (3x) Great Grandson Frederick Douglass
- Manuela Roosevelt, Wife of David Roosevelt (Grandson, Eleanor & FDR)
CREW
Civically Re-Engaged Women (CREW) is incorporated in New York State as a national not-for profit corporation, a 501(c)3 and 501 (c) 4. CREW provides education and training with a political focus. CREW hosts annual conferences and special events featuring best practices for winning results. At the conferences, private and public sectors compare playbooks on efficiency, volunteerism, corporate social responsibility, and contemporary progress to prominent societal values and practices. Additionally, CREW offers subcontractor leadership and “branding” services to prominent organizations and institutions and creates original training/programming for a variety of disciplines.
Event Speakers
Gale Brewer

Michele Jones Galvin

Kenneth B. Morris Jr.

Liz Abzug

Darcel Clark

Kristen Clarke, Esq.

Honorable Cynthia Coffman

Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin

Donna Drake

Pam Elam

Amanda Farinacci

Bridie Farrell

Tiffany M. Gardner Esq.

Susan Goodier, PhD.

Lisa Powell Graham

Susan Harper

Vanessa J. Herman

Nancy Hernandez

Kathy Hochul

Harold Holzer

Vivian Lee

Loida Lewis

Carol White Llewellyn

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Esq.

Terry A. Mazur, Esq.

Amy Grace Mercer

Linda Moroney

Jeanine Ramirez

Annette Ramos

Susanna Rich

Honorable Linda B. Rosenthal

Kristen Shaughnessy

Honorable Jo Anne Simon

Audrey Smaltz

Adrienne Smith

Margaret Sowah Esq.

Honorable Victoria Steele

Cynthia Richie Terrell

Maxim Thorne, Esq.

Roma Torre

Aura Vasquez

Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD.

Latrice M. Walker

Linda Young
Posthumous Tributes:

Bella Abzug

Katherine Johnson

Andrew Goodman

Anne Wilson Schaef, PhD

Edith “Edie” Windsor
Program Schedule
PROGRAM
PROGRAM ORDER SUBJECT TO CHANGE
PROGRAM CHAIRS
CHAIR
Gale A. BrewerManhattan Borough President
NEW YORK STATE ADVISOR
Honorable Ruth Hassell-ThompsonSpecial Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of
NYS Homes and Community Renewal
LEGACY CO-CHAIRS
Michele Jones Galvin | Descendent of Harriet TubmanCHAPTER THEMES
The True Meaning of Sacrifice
Sisterhood with a Purpose
Coalition Building
Progress
Lieutenant Governor
New York State
Opening Remarks
Nancy R. Hernandez
Deputy Comptroller
New York State
Presents a Proclamation
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr.,
Legacy Co-Chair
Descendent of Frederick Douglass
President, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives
Chapter Introduction - “The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Bridie Farrell
President & Chief Executive Officer, America Loves Kids
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Cynthia Coffman
Former Colorado Attorney General
“Progress”
Judith Kasen-Windsor
Tribute to Edith “Edie” Windsor, LGBTQ Advocate
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Roma Torre
Anchor, Actor, Producer & Theatre Critic
NY1 Spectrum
Chapter Introduction – “Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Fireside Chat
Roma Torre, Moderator | “Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Amanda Farinacci
TV Reporter, NY1 Spectrum
Vivian Lee
TV Reporter, NY1 Spectrum
Jeanine Ramirez
TV Reporter, NY1 Spectrum
Kristen Shaughnessy
Anchor/Reporter, NY1 Spectrum
Executive Director, Rochester Latino Theatre Company
Performance - “I want to Vote”
Jo Anne Simon
Assemblywoman
New York City
“What does the Centennial of the “Vote” mean to me?”
Amy Grace Mercer
Youth Voices
“Progress”
Linda Young
President Emeritus, National Women’s Political Caucus
Chair of the Partnership at Catalysts for Innovation, LLC
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Conference Advisor
Special Advisor for Policy and Community Affairs of
New York State Homes and Community Renewal
Chapter Introduction - “Coalition Building”
Henrietta Lyle, Conference Operations
Tribute to Katherine Johnson,
NASA Mathematician
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice’
Founding Chair, New York State Bar Association’s Women
In Law Section (WILS), Chair, WILS’ Centennial Suffrage Initiative “Coalition Building”
Fireside Chat
Susan L. Harper | Moderator
“Influencers, associations and pivotal people who help propel suffrage”
Terry A. Mazur, Esq.
Chair, The Women in Law Section (WILS)
Margaret Sowah, Esq. Treasurer, Women in Law Section, NYSBA
Carol White Llewellyn | Linda Moroney
Filmmakers critique
Susanna Rich,
PhD Professor of English, Kean University
Performance “Poetry for Suffrage”
Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin
Entrepreneur
Chapter Introduction – “Progress”
Pam Elam President,
Monumental Women “Progress”
“LIVE” VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE RECAP
Sharon Nelson, CEO, CREW
Pam Elam, President, Monumental Women
Henrietta Lyle, Conference Operations
Nancy R. Hernandez Deputy Comptroller, NYS
Harold Holzer
Jonathan F. Fanton Director Roosevelt House Hunter College
“Tribute to Bella Abzug, Congresswoman, Women’s Rights Activist”
“Coalition Building”
Happy Posthumous Birthday Congresswoman Bella Abzug
Liz Abzug
Founder & Executive Director, Bella Abzug Leadership Institute
“Coalition Building”
Donna Drake
President, Drake Media Network
Creator & Host, The Donna Drake Show
“Coalition Building”
Fireside Chat
“Nurturing Equality”
Kenneth B. Morris, Jr., Legacy Co-Chair
Descendant of Frederick Douglass
President, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives
“Coalition Building”
Adrienne Smith
Media Entrepreneur
“Coalition Building”
Cynthia Richie Terrell
Executive Director, Represent Women
“Coalition Building”
Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin
Entrepreneur
“Coalition Building”
Assemblywoman, New York City
“Coalition Building”
Darcel Clark, Esq.
Bronx District Attorney
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Aura Vasquez
Former Commissioner,
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Environmental Activist
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall
Professor, John Jay College
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Sally Roesch Wagner, PhD
Professor, Author, Lecturer, Activist & Executive Director,
Matilda Joslyn Gage Center for Social Justice
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Professor, Kean University
Performance “Lavinia Lloyd Dock”
Pete Sidley “Tribute to Anne Wilson Schaef, PhD
Internationally Renowned Author & Feminist”
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Tiffany M. Gardner, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer,
ReflectUS “Coalition Building”
Vanessa Herman
Assistant Vice President, Pace University, NYC
“Civic Engagement” and “Life as Lobbyist”
“Progress”
President & Chief Executive Officer, America Loves Kids
Fireside Chat
Bridie Farrell | Moderator
“Coalition Building”
Linda B. Rosenthal Assemblywoman, NYC
Victoria Steele
State Senator, Arizona
Loida Lewis
Chair, TLC Beatrice Inc.
Interviewed by Henrietta Lyle, Conference Operations
“Progress”
Maxim Thorne, Esq.
Managing Director, Andrew Goodman Foundation
“Voting Rights” & “Tribute to Andrew Goodman”
“Progress”
“LIVE” VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE RE-CAP
Sharon Nelson, CEO, CREW,
Onida Coward Mayers, VP, The MirRam Group,
Voter Education & Engagement, Legislative Advocacy & Policy Reform
DJ Doc Martin, Musical Celebration/Dance Party Challenge
Lieutenant Governor, NYS
Nancy R.Hernandez Deputy Comptroller, NYS
Cynthia Richie Terrell
Executive Director, Represent Women
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Audrey Smaltz
(Ret) CEO & Founder, The Ground Crew
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Susan Goodier, PhD
Professor, SUNY Oneonta College, Historian & Author
“Sisterhood with a Purpose”
Annette Ramos
Executive Director, Rochester Latino Theatre Company
Performance - “Wilimena Wildman Dorsett”
Michele Jones Galvin,
Legacy Co-Chair Descendent of Harriet Tubman
The True Meaning of Sacrifice"
Susanna Rich, PhD
Professor, Kean University
Performance “Alice Paul”
Filmmaker
Presents “Arvel Bird”
“The True Meaning of Sacrifice”
Susan Goodier, PhD
Professor, SUNY Oneonta College, Historian & Author
Interview by Christina Eliopoulos
Gale A. Brewer
Manhattan Borough President
Chair
Interview by Christina Eliopoulos
Carol White Llewellyn
Filmmaker
Presents
“The Holocaust” | “Careers for Women in Dance”
"The True Meaning of Sacrifice"
Vanessa Herman
Assistant Vice President, Pace University, NYC
“Crisis Management & Covid-19””
“Progress”
Adrienne Smith
Media & Sports Entrepreneur
“Progress”
Lisa Powell Graham
TEDX & Motivational Speaker
“Progress”
Fireside Chat
Susan L. Harper | Moderator
“Defending our Democracy”
Kristen Clarke,
Esq. President & Executive Director Lawyers
Committee For Civil Rights
“LIVE” VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE RECAP
Sharon Nelson. CEO, CREW with Guest Commentator(s)
Past Conferences Photo Gallery


















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40+ Speakers
Celebrities, cultural icons and more will be featured.
10+ Sponsors/ Collaborators
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