Women's Equality Day Festival

August 27, 2022, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Join the Women's Museum of California this August to celebrate Women's Equality Day! Women's Equality Day commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The Women’s Museum of California will host a festival on Saturday, August 27th from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM that will celebrate gender equality and promote civic engagement.

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Women's Museum of California Education Center: "Crafting Feminism" exhibit and activities - protest button-making, pom-pom making, activist printmaking with ArtReach San Diego, community loom project with Revision San Diego

Festival Stage Schedule

11:00 AM - Danza Mexi'cayotl – Indigenous Dance Circle

11:30 AM - Welcoming Remarks: Chairwoman Angela Elliott-Santos – Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; Felicia Shaw, Women's Museum of California Executive Director; Office of CA State Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins; San Diego City Councilmember Monica Montgomery Steppe; CA Secretary of State, Shirley N Weber; Vernita Gutierrez, Vice President of external affairs at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest

12:30 PM – The Main Attraction – Chula Vista High School Show Choir

1:00 PM – San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert

1:15 PM – San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts – Black Student Union Dance Group

1:30 PM - Congresswoman Susan Davis and Office of San Diego County Supervisor Nora Vargas

1:40 PM - Kelsey Daniels – spoken word artist

2:00 PM - Samahan Arts – Filipino dance company

2:30 PM - Shawn Rohlf Acoustic Trio – folk music

2:50 PM - Youth Suffrage Parade

3:00 PM - Improv team

3:30 PM - Grupo Folklorico Herencia Mexicana – ballet folklorico dance

4:00 PM - Konstellation Press Authors – spoken word

4:30 PM - Cam Kay - vocalist

4:45 PM - Hunky Dori – drag entertainer

Makers Market: The STEAM Collaborative, Steam Sistahs LLC , The Creative Camper Soaps, The Creative, Coping, Conscious Child Collection, Dreams By Alex, Inecui Flowers, Plant Hair Don't Care, Blissful Seeds, Colores Del Varrio, CK Art Creations, Konstellation Press, Stephanie Moses, Soni Lopez-Chavez, Nomadic Artista Jewelry, Maritza is Awesome Designs , HomeGirl The Peach Stitch, Olive and Ari, and Locality

Community Tables: Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest, Women's Empowerment International, Hera Hub, League of Women Voters of San Diego, San Diego County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, San Diego Writers, Ink, Lawyers Club, San Diego Area Chapter of NOW, Period With Dignity / Fulfilling Destiny

Food Trucks: Dream for Change, Salt + Lime, featuring Collective Memory San Diego picnic blankets

Mannequin Artists: Alessandra Moctezuma, Akiko Surai, Ale Tostada Ruiz, Lee Puffer, J Vargas, Inez Nefzi, and Karla Burnam

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