We are excited for you to join us Thursday, November 12, 2020 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. for the YWCA Rock County’s virtual Racial Justice Conference. The first 15 minutes of the conference can be used to login to your account, get acquainted with the agenda, and check out the resources available. Here are some… Continue Reading Racial Justice Conference Online Platform Guide
There are resources available throughout the area to help those who’d like to vote get to the polls, including Beloit. Election day is November 3, 2020, with early voting currently underway. Voters in Beloit can take advantage of free bus rides to help get to their polling location. Starting October 26, and running through election… Continue Reading Resources in Beloit to Help Cast Your Ballot
August 18, 2020 marks 100 years of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote. While the amendment was ratified on August 18, the fight began much earlier. On July 19-20, 1848, the movement for women’s rights was introduced on the national stage at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York during… Continue Reading Marking 100 years of the 19th Amendment
August 6, 2020 marks the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, prohibiting racial discrimination in voting. The 15th Amendment ratified in 1870, prohibited states from denying a male citizen the right to vote based on “race, color or previous condition of servitude.” The 19th Amendment states that the right of citizens of the United… Continue Reading 55th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act
A Quick Guide to The Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. It stipulated that by January 1st, 1863 that “all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall… Continue Reading A Guide to Juneteenth