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SUMMARY:32nd Annual ATHENA Awards Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join the Grand Rapids Women’s Hisotry Council and the Grand Rapids Chamber in celebrating all of the 2021 ATHENA Award Finalists including GGRWHC’s own Jo Ellyn Clarey who will be the 2021 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient! \n\n\n\n\n\nThe celebration event will take place on Wednesday\, September 29th from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm. To learn more and register for this event follow this link: https://www.grandrapids.org/event/athena-awards/…\n\n\nThe GGRWHC has benefited and thrived through Jo Ellyn’s work and guidance and we would like to share what the Grand Rapids Chamber had to say about her legacy in leadership:\n\n\n“Jo Ellyn served the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council for nearly 30 years where she researched and credited early area women as community builders. She is a literary scholar by profession and has done extensive research tracking down local roots of early women professionals\, leaders of the Michigan suffrage movement\, cultural historian Constance Rourke\, and 1890s African American women’s clubs.\n\n\nBesides serving on the boards of the Grand Rapids Historical Society and Commission\, her service extends to the Progressive Women’s Alliance\, Torch Club\, and local theaters. In 1999\, she was awarded the Baxter Award in Local History by the Grand Rapids Historical Society. In 2018 she received the Gordon Olson Award in local history presented by GVSU’s Kutsche Office of Local History for ‘using history to give voice to diverse communities.'”\n\n\n\n\n\nMore about the ATHENA Leadership Award: ATHENA Grand Rapids\, a program of the Grand Rapids Chamber\, supports\, develops\, and inspires women leaders as well as honors the men and women who empower women in leadership. The program offers the ATHENA Award and ATHENA Young Professional Award\, annual scholarships to women over 30\, and bi-monthly leadership forums.
URL:https://www.ggrwhc.org/event/32nd-annual-athena-awards-celebration/
LOCATION:JW Marriott Grand Rapids: International Ballroom
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SUMMARY:Women's Way Ribbon Cutting: Grand Rapids Chicks
DESCRIPTION:Join the Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.\, the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council\, the City of Grand Rapids\, Lions & Rabbits and numerous community partners in a celebration of the Women’s Way Murals. Every Wednesday in September we will be holding a ribbon cutting to feature each completed Women’s Way Mural in downtown Grand Rapids. Along with the ribbon cutting these events will also include local artist performances\, a video on the background of the women of the murals\, and time to mingle with food and drinks! \n \nOn Wednesday\, September 29th from 7pm to 8pm we will be celebrating the Grand Rapids Chicks mural located in the alley off Newberry St. NW behind Auto Fixit Body Shop. \nGrand Rapids Chicks (1945 – 1954) \nThe All American Girls Professional Baseball League organized during World War II and fielded ten popular teams in the Midwest. The 600 women players suffered the rigors of the road as well as charm school\, played in lipstick and slid into base in short skirts. The Grand Rapids Chicks played from 1945 to 1954\, consistently appeared in the playoffs and won two championships. Their trading cards circulate again today because players\, ignored by baseball history\, took matters into their own hands and formed an association in the 1980s. Their efforts inspired the 1992 film A League of Their Own. \n“This team is a local example of women’s perseverance through the hardships of World War II. Their story is about pushing through societal expectations towards the women who pioneered all-female teams in sports. Young women and men need to see female athletes from the past as they were — pioneers in the realm of professional athleticism that pushed through the obstacles they faced.” Statement by Artist Michi Farias. \nThe Women’s Way Initiative aspires to elevate the historical narratives of exceptional local leaders while adding new energy and creative interest to often-overlooked public places. The initiative also boldly endeavors to acknowledge the complicated history of women in alleyways and help claim positive ownership of these spaces. Organized by Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.\, the Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council\, the City of Grand Rapids\, Lions & Rabbits and numerous community partners.
URL:https://www.ggrwhc.org/event/womens-way-ribbon-cutting-grand-rapids-chicks/
LOCATION:Auto Fixit/Garage Bar alley\, 805 Ottawa Ave NW\, Grand Rapids\, MI\, 49503\, United States
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