Women's Equality Day Celebration

press release: Join us on Thursday, August 25, 2022, at 6:00 pm as we come together to celebrate Women’s Equality Day! Our annual event will be hosted at Old Sugar Distillery and will feature food and drink, distinguished guests, a raffle, and more! If you can't join us in person tonight, we'll also be streaming the event from our Facebook page.

This year, our keynote speaker and expert panel will explore the importance of centering the voices and perspectives of those who experience overlapping and concurrent forms of oppression in modern-day feminist movements. They will shed necessary light on the depths of inequity in our state and nation, and encourage attendees to embrace the intersectionality of feminism.

Co-Keynote Speakers: Helen Marks Dicks & Bianca Shaw

Panelists: Micaela Berry-Smith, Lexy Lunger, Kat Klawes, Cheyanne Koran

Tonight, WWN will also be honoring Sara Dillivan-Graves as the WWN Excellence in Advocacy Award recipient and recognizing her commitment to advancing the status of women and girls in Wisconsin!   

Sara Dillivan-Graves is a past president of the Women's Network. Upon a decision to move towards an all-volunteer board, Sara picked up the daily administrative tasks of the network and continued to do so for over six years, under three presidencies including her own. During the rest of her near-decade devoted to WWN, Sara advocated for women in Wisconsin by expanding the Network statewide, helping to ensure that our programs were available to all women, that they were run with integrity and that we kept the lights on. Because of her personal advocacy, passion and skill to surround herself with other dedicated women, we were able to grow another generation of a network of women to advocate for women and girls across the state.  

Sara works professionally for the UW foundation, raising money for students of all backgrounds to attend the UW School of Medicine without financial burden. Since leaving the Network, she now spends her free time advocating for abortion access for Wisconsin women by sharing her personal story and helping a dedicated group of advocates open an abortion clinic on the Illinois border, to help ensure safe abortions for those who need it. Sara is an advocate in every sense of the word and the Network is proud to present her with this award at our Women’s Equality Day event this evening.

You can still grab a ticket online if you'd like, or feel free to make any size donation at the event. There will also be some fabulous raffle items to win! Thank you so much to our raffle donors for generously supporting our Women’s Equality Day event.

Our Women’s Equality Day event serves as a fundraiser to sustain the Wisconsin Women’s Network and our work to advance the status of women and girls in Wisconsin. The event is open for all to attend, and the suggested ticket price is $25. Sponsorship opportunities are also welcome! Sponsorships are available for $1,000, $500, $250, or $100. Donations of any size are appreciated as well. We hope to see you there!

For tickets and sponsorship information visit: https://wiwomensnetwork.org/womens-equality-day

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