{"id":85073,"date":"2017-09-30T01:27:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T05:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85073"},"modified":"2017-09-29T20:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T00:02:14","slug":"carrying-the-torch-girl-scout-convention-on-womens-rights-oct-13-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=85073","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Carrying the Torch: Girl Scout Convention on Women\u2019s Rights\u2019 Oct. 13-14\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m_-4326367353403499296e2ma-p-div\"><span class=\"m_-4326367353403499296e2ma-style\"><i><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-85074\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-1.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Joint event between Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, Women\u2019s Rights National Historical Park and National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame commemorates NYS women\u2019s suffrage centennial and how today\u2019s girls carry the torch through civic engagement<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4326367353403499296e2ma-p-div\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Scouts of NYPENN Pathways (GSNYPENN)\u00a0is proud to announce a special event, &#8220;Carrying the Torch: Girl Scout Convention on Women\u2019s Rights,&#8221;\u00a0October 13-14\u00a0in\u00a0Seneca Falls, N.Y.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The first-ever collaboration between the regional Girl Scouts council,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zjid6\/zf36j5\/vwxanm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zjid6\/zf36j5\/vwxanm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506815878853000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEOSkScDalW0zv_x-idwIK5IAOiw\">Women&#8217;s Rights National Historical Park<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zjid6\/zf36j5\/bpyanm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zjid6\/zf36j5\/bpyanm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506815878853000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUROkeZvU5BfYJXIniGnyt8KxwlA\">National Women&#8217;s Hall of Fame<\/a>\u00a0commemorates the 100th anniversary of women\u2019s suffrage in New York while celebrating how girls of today carry the torch of equal rights through civic engagement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The convention is free and open to all Girl Scouts and girls!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Activities include:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>tours of Women\u2019s Rights National Historical Park and historical sites Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, M\u2019Clintock House and Wesleyan Chapel (Friday-Saturday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>visits to 1844 Seneca Knitting Mill (future home of the Center for Great Women) and National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame with special Girl Scout alumnae designations on inductee placards\u2014including Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low (Friday-Saturday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>press conference celebrating convention and new Centennial of Women\u2019s Suffrage in NY Girl Scout Patch with special re-enactment of the Declaration of Sentiments &#8211;\u00a0NYS Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, chair of the NYS Women\u2019s Suffrage Commission, is an invited guest for this event and panel discussion following\u00a0(Friday,\u00a01 p.m., Wesleyan Chapel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>panel discussion (the \u201cConvention\u201d) in which girls and women leaders discuss how the past influences the present and future\u2014moderated by Democrat &amp; Chronicle Senior Engagement Editor Julie Philipp with GSNYPENN CEO Julie Dale, Women\u2019s Rights National Historical Park Superintendent Noemi &#8220;Ami&#8221; Ghazala, Co-President of the National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame Betty Bayer, 2007 Women\u2019s Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Judith L. Pipher and others to be announced (Friday,\u00a03 p.m., Seneca Falls Community Center)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Girl Scout alumnae \u201cTorchbearers\u201d reception for ages 21+ (Friday,\u00a05:30 p.m., Gould Hotel \u2013 note: this is a ticketed\/paid portion of the weekend, attendees must pre-register via link below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>suffrage and Girl Scout trivia game with Friends of Women&#8217;s Rights National Historical Park (Saturday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Girls will collect stamps in a special event passport as they visit convention sites and receive a commemorative event patch. Seneca Falls Community Center will serve as home base for participants with a welcome\/registration area, pop-up Girl Scout Boutique and Customer Service Center for member support.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are thrilled for this exciting collaboration. It\u2019s our hope that Girl Scouts and all girls from across New York, Pennsylvania and beyond will join us in historic Seneca Falls for what is sure to be an inspiring, empowering and educational event. We are proud that Seneca Falls is in our council footprint and look forward to seeing as many girls as we can to commemorate the centennial of NYS women\u2019s suffrage and celebrate the power of women and girls of the past, present and future,\u201d said Julie Dale, GSNYPENN CEO.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe National Park Service at Women\u2019s Rights National Historical Park is thrilled to partner with Girls Scouts of NYPENN Pathways on this exciting project. It is our goal to remind all that girls\u2019 and women\u2019s stories have always been part of the American story,\u201d says Noemi &#8220;Ami&#8221; Ghazala, Women\u2019s Rights National Historical Park Superintendent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI can think of no better title for this conference\u2014Carrying the Torch\u2014as it points to Girl Scout history of championing self-sufficiency from the pre-19th amendment years to today. There is another reason I am so delighted: 2017 not only marks the centennial of NYS suffrage but also the 40th anniversary of the National Women\u2019s Conference, inaugurated by a torch lighting in Seneca Falls at the National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame. The torch was run thousands of miles by thousands of women from Seneca Falls to Texas, and we now proudly house it at the Hall. It stands, as does this conference, for generations of torchbearers,\u201d says Betty Bayer, Co-President of the National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While the convention is free to Girl Scout members and the public, participants must sign-up at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zjid6\/zf36j5\/rhzanm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/zjid6\/zf36j5\/rhzanm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1506815878853000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEgdxOgLdSNIYWjQg-IKwNdwyFXjw\">gsnypenn.org\/torch<\/a>\u00a0to receive tickets via Eventbrite and the commemorative passport, patch and welcome kit during on-site event registration.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joint event between Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, Women\u2019s Rights National Historical Park and National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame commemorates NYS women\u2019s suffrage centennial and how today\u2019s girls carry the torch through civic engagement Scouts of NYPENN Pathways (GSNYPENN)\u00a0is proud to announce a special event, &#8220;Carrying the Torch: Girl Scout Convention on Women\u2019s Rights,&#8221;\u00a0October 13-14\u00a0in\u00a0Seneca [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}