The City of Worcester, in collaboration with over a dozen community partners, will celebrate Women’s Equality Day and the centennial anniversary of the 19^th Amendment’s ratification with a series of events this August.

A Worcester Women’s Suffrage Working Group has met regularly since January 2020, discussing how to best celebrate the centennial anniversary of the 19^th Amendment to the US Constitution. Made up of local leaders, creatives, and activists, the working group, “recognize the many challenges women have faced historically, and continue to face daily, to ensure their voices are heard. The group is excited to celebrate Worcester’s role in the suffrage movement and highlight contemporary activists from the community,” said Yaffa Fain, Program Assistant for the City of Worcester’s Cultural Development Division.

View all Worcester Women’s Suffrage events here.

The main event, “Worcester Women Changemakers: A Celebration of Women’s Equality Day and Suffrage,” takes place August 26^th from 7-8pm and can be viewed through the City of Worcester’s Facebook page and public access channels, The program will feature a panel discussion, performances, and a series of readings highlighting diverse historical and contemporary voices. All content centers around the Women’s Suffrage Movement, voter registration and activation, female empowerment, and community activism. The City of Worcester and Worcester Cultural Coalition will produce Worcester Women’s Changemakers with community organizers, local leaders, cultural and historical institutions, artists, and youth groups.

“Worcester played a unique role in the fight for women’s rights,” said Erin Williams, Cultural Development Officer for the City of Worcester. “Thanks to our location and Worcester’s long history with activism, Worcester county was home to many suffragists, and Worcester was the site of the first two National Women’s Rights Convention in 1850 and 1851 – 70 years before the passage of the 19th Amendment.”

“When women and people of color were denied the right to vote, their perspectives and concerns weren’t included in creating policy. When these perspectives and concerns are challenged as they have been in recent years, you see record numbers of women and people of color on voting day – not just to vote, but on the ballot as well. Representation matters, representation empowers real progress at all levels,” said Massachusetts Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler. “The power of women is no longer a question, but an answer to the problems plaguing our world,” she added.

“While more work was needed to ensure voting rights to all, ratification of the 19^th Amendment was an important step toward that goal,” Williams added.

“We are excited to celebrate 100 years of the Women’s Suffrage movement,” said City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. “We are proud of the City’s history in advancing women’s rights, and, with help from dedicated groups such as the Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, continue to work toward greater equality and opportunities for all women in Worcester.”

Additional events from the Worcester Women’s Suffrage Working Group include:

• August 12, 6pm: Voting in 2020/Getting Out The Vote. The League of Women Voters, in conjunction with MA Women of Color Coalition, Worcester Voter Registration Initiative, and the City of Worcester’s City Clerk, will present a webinar with speaker Senator Harriet Chandler.

• August 24, 7 – 7:30pm: Madame Secretary, Francis Perkins. The Worcester Historical Museum’s fifth PRETTY POWERFUL program is a one-person show written and performed by Ann Marie Shea. During the Great Depression, the stock market crash of 1929 led to massive unemployment and foreclosures, and in 1933 the new president handed these problems to Frances Perkins – a woman! This engaging show highlights Perkins’ private and professional challenges, including her actual words and excerpts from “The Roosevelt I Knew,” by Frances Perkins, used by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd., all rights reserved.

• August 26: Suffrage100MA will host a virtual commemorative event with speakers including Governor Charlie Baker, First Lady Lauren Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and more.

• August 27, 12pm: Women at WAM, Highlights from the Collection. In honor of Worcester Women’s Suffrage, the Worcester Art Museum has created a video with highlighting the artwork of women, as well as works of art that celebrate the powerful impact of women on our nation’s history in its collection.

• August 27, 6-7pm: Women of Consequence Award Ceremony. The City of Worcester Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (ACSW) celebrates the 2020 Women of Consequence. These Awards are given in recognition of women who have shown great leadership and tangible results as an agent of change in Worcester. The 2020 Award recognizes Etel Haxhiaj as its Woman of Consequence, and Safiya Nafai as the Youth Woman of Consequence. Worcester Youth Poet Laureate Amina Mohammed will perform, and Boston City Councilor At-Large Julia Mejia will deliver a keynote address.

Partners in Worcester Women’s Suffrage events include 4^th Wall Stage Company, ArtsWorcester, Greater Worcester Community Foundation, Guertin Graphics, Latino Education Institute, Massachusetts State Representative Marry Keefe, Massachusetts Senator Harriette Chandler, Preservation Worcester, Suffrage100MA, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester League of Women Voters, and the Worcester Women’s Oral History Project.

Initial plans for a march, in-person voter registration, live performances, and other festive activities were adjusted to virtual programming due to COVID-19. The full schedule of programs is being finalized and can be viewed at worcesterculture.org/19th.

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A Letter from the Worcester Arts Council – July 27, 2020

Hi Everyone –

We want to give you an update on our upcoming 2021 grant cycle.

Typically, the Commonwealth’s operating budget is set by July 1 each year, and the Mass Cultural Council (MCC) releases its spending plan in August. However, the MCC’s planning for Fiscal Year 2021 is delayed due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. The Legislature’s budget process is delayed this year as policy-makers work to understand the current revenue picture and potential federal aid. The State government is currently operating on a month-to-month basis.

Because of all of this, the Mass Cultural Council is delaying the Local Cultural Council (LCC) grant cycle timeline by one month. This means our local grant applications will now open on Thursday, October 1st. The deadline to submit your application will now be Monday, November 16th. 

This timeline is based on the hope that there will be a state budget in place by mid-November. If there is no budget in place at that time, the MCC may need to further adjust this timeline.

The grant allocation for Worcester will be determined after the FY21 State budget is signed into law, and the governing Council approves the Agency’s FY21 spending plan. We have no way of knowing the amount of our allocation for FY21 at this time.

We hope to have more information in September. In the meantime, we are continuing to prepare!

We’re still gathering community input through our Funding Priorities Survey. We are extending the survey deadline as well, so it will now close September 7th (Labor Day). The answers directly impact how we allocate these grant funds in Worcester, so it’s super important. It only takes about 3 minutes to complete, and you could win Bose headphones just for taking it! If you haven’t yet, you can take the survey HERE.

The Worcester Arts Council will vote on and announce our FY21 funding priorities in September.

We also have one open seat on the Council! We would love to welcome a new member in time for our grant cycle. If you’re interested or know someone who would make a great addition, find out more or apply HERE.

Finally, thank you for all your support and patience as we work together during this extraordinary year to ensure that the Worcester Arts Council can continue to help enrich our local neighborhoods with arts and culture.

If you have any questions, please get in touch any time.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

The Worcester Arts Council

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Weigh in on Arts & Culture in Worcester and Enter to Win Bose Headphones

The Worcester Arts Council (WAC) is seeking community input on arts and culture in Worcester through its 2020 Funding Priorities Survey.

The online survey will be open now through September 7, 2020, and can be completed here. Responses to this brief survey will help determine the Council’s funding priorities for the 2021 grant cycle, which begins October 1, 2020.

“Taking WAC’s 2020 Funding Priorities Survey might be the simplest way anyone in Worcester can weigh in on the direction of arts and culture in the City. It takes less than 5 minutes to complete, and the answers directly influence where our annual grant funding goes,” said Worcester Arts Council Chair Yasmin Goris. “Plus, this year you also have a chance to win a pair of Bose headphones by completing the survey! It’s a win-win-win.”

Those who complete the survey also have a chance to win a pair of Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 ($399 value). The Worcester Cultural Coalition has teamed up with WAC to help encourage survey participation by offering this raffle prize.

“As our Cultural Plan reflects, the Worcester Cultural Coalition’s efforts include creating equity in the arts in order to tell the full Worcester story. The input of all of Worcester’s populations is invaluable to these efforts,” said Erin Williams, Executive Director of the Worcester Cultural Coalition. The Worcester Cultural Plan can be found here.

Because WAC is responsible for distributing public dollars, the Council solicits public opinion about how to best distribute those funds through its Funding Priorities Survey. Like most Local Cultural Councils, WAC typically receives more grant requests than can be funded. Strong priorities based on community input help guide its grant-making decisions.

This year, WAC is looking to gain more overall participation, with wider demographics among survey participants.

“It is so important that the responses to our Funding Priorities Survey truly represent all the people of Worcester and reflect what is important to our diverse community. The Worcester Arts Council is planning extensive outreach in the City and will be distributing this survey widely. We strongly encourage anyone who lives or works in Worcester to take part,” Goris said.

The Worcester Arts Council is part of a statewide network of 329 Local Cultural Councils supported through the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). The Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation, supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences. This program assists the Worcester community in the development of local projects and adds to the cultural vitality of the city.

The current Worcester Arts Council members are Yasmin Goris (Chair), Jeremy Bouchard (Secretary), Mitchell Perry (Treasurer), Thomas Conroy, David Filar, Lisa Malo, Jennifer Riley, and George Sedares. The Council currently has one vacant seat. Those interested in serving on the Worcester Arts Council can find out more or apply on the City of Worcester website.

• July 27, 2020 Update: Please note that due to updates from the Mass Cultural Council, the statewide organization which funds the Worcester Arts Council, deadlines have been adjusted. The Funding Priorities Survey will now close September 7, allowing more time for public input. Applications for the 2021 grant cycle will be accepted October 1 – November 15. An additional announcement on this adjustment to follow.

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The 19th Amendment, recognizing women the right to vote, was ratified in August of 1920. Women’s Suffrage: Worcester 2020 celebrates the progress of American women since then, recognizes historic and present-day obstacles to universal suffrage, and works to increase voter education and engagement in our city. A volunteer working group drawn from various Worcester organizations and open to all, WSW envisions, organizes, and promotes a diverse series of events throughout the city in this anniversary year.

Printable flyers for Worcester Women’s Suffrage events are available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Upcoming Events:

• August 26, 6pm from SuffrageMA100: 19th Amendment Centennial Commemoration – The Fight for Women’s Suffrage: Looking Back, Marching Forward! 
• August 26, 7pm from the City of Worcester Cultural Development Division and the Worcester Cultural Coalition:Worcester Women Changemakers: Celebrating Women’s Equality Day & Suffrage
  • Instagram images available in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese
• August 27, 12pm from the Worcester Art Museum: Women at WAM
• August 27, 6pm: Women of Consequence Award Ceremony
• August 31, 7pm from the Worcester Historical Museum: Madame Secretary Frances Perkins performance

Past Events:

• February 22, 6pm at Asa Waters Mansion: Suffragettes & Corselettes
• February 23, 4pm at the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury: Women of Note, a capella Concert 
• March 7, 1:30pm at the Worcester Historical Museum: Worcester Historical Museum Suffragist Tea & Performance by History at Play
• March 25, 6pm at the Worcester Historical Museum: Screening of Anita: Speaking Truth to Power 
• April 9, 7:30pm at The Hanover Theatre: National Geographic Live with Dr. Kara Cooney, professor of Egyptology: When Women Ruled the World
• June 4, 7pm at the Worcester Historical Museum: Massachusetts in the Women Suffrage Movement: Revolutionary Reformers
• June 4, 7pm at the American Antiquarian Society: “Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement” by Allison Lange
• June 25, 7pm: After Suffrage: The Campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment, 1920-2020 from the Worcester Historical Museum
• July 30, 7pm from the Worcester Historical Museum: To The Wrongs that Need Resistance: The Uneasy Path to American Women’s Suffrage
• August 12, 6pm from the League of Women Voters: Voting in 2020 & Getting Out the Vote
• August 24, 7pm from the Worcester Historical Museum: Madame Secretary Frances Perkins performance

Please contact Culture@WorcesterMA.gov for more information on getting involved or adding your own event to the list.

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Community Input Needed for Outdoor Concert Series

With enough community support, Worcester will host a new 10-day outdoor concert series in the summer of 2020

UPDATE – November 21, 2019 – the Worcester Cultural Coalition has made it to the final round of the Levitt AMP grant application. Thank you to everyone who voted, shared, and encouraged others to do the same! The Levitt Foundation will announce the 15 recipients of the $25,000 matching grant on December 20, 2019. View the top 25 cities at LevittAMP.org.

WORCESTER, MA November 1, 2019 – The Worcester Cultural Coalition, in partnership with the City of Worcester and Green Island Resident Group, Inc., have advanced to the voting round of the Levitt AMP [Your City] grant application process. Should Worcester be awarded one of 15 available grants, the funds will be used to create a 10-week free, live music concert series during the summer of 2020 at Crompton Park.

Supporters are asked to register and vote at levittamp.org/vote  before November 20 at 8 p.m. Once voting closes, the Levitt Foundation will review the Top 25 finalists’ proposals and announce the 15 Levitt AMP 2020 winners on December 20.

The Levitt AMP Worcester Music Series would take place at Crompton Park with weekly concert programming tentatively scheduled for 10 Wednesday evenings beginning June 24, 2020. In addition to live music, the event would feature food vendors, community performances, interactive amenities and more.

“One of the criteria for the Levitt AMP grant is to host a program in an underserved section of your city,” said Yaffa Fain, program assistant of Worcester’s Cultural Development Division. Fain recently completed curation and management of the popular Out To Lunch Festival & Farmers Market series on the Worcester Common during the summer of 2019. “There’s a lot that goes into coordinating performers, vendors, and the public, and it’s great to give people a reason to stop and enjoy what’s going on around them. We’re looking forward to hosting Out To Lunch in 2020, and we’re also excited to hopefully bring a new major summer concert series to Worcester and activate another space in the city,” she said.

A successful campaign for Worcester requires community participation to secure Worcester’s place as one of 25 national finalists. Community support, as measured by the number of online votes received, will be one of the key factors considered when the Levitt Foundation determines the 2020 Levitt AMP Grant Award winners. “We’ll only be able to do this with enough votes,” Fain cautioned.

Worcester’s Crompton Park was selected for several reasons, including proximity to public transit and highways, and renovations currently underway. According to a recent press release from the City of Worcester, Crompton Park is undergoing a $1.4 million renovation, including new accessible pathways, benches and bleachers, safety upgrades, and construction of two NBA-sized basketball courts. “The City of Worcester is investing in making Crompton Park a safe, beautiful, and accessible space. We’re doing our part to make it a fun, creative, and well-used space for everyone,” said Erin Williams, Cultural Development Officer for the City of Worcester.

Sponsored by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national foundation dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of America through free live music, the Worcester Cultural Coalition hopes to qualify as one of the Top 25 finalists competing for a $25,000 2020 Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Award.

The Worcester Cultural Coalition asks supporters to spread the word to family, friends, colleagues and neighbors and to rally the community to sign up and vote for the Levitt AMP Worcester Music series proposal. With the Worcester community’s vote, the Worcester Cultural Coalition is thrilled to offer new, diverse cultural programming to the community.

#ArtsForAll #MakeArtEverywhere #ArtsMatterHere

About the Worcester Cultural Coalition

The Worcester Cultural Coalition (WCC) is a public-private partnership established in 1999 between the City of Worcester and 12 cultural organizations. Today, membership stands at 78 organizations, accounting for more than 2.7 million visitors to Worcester annually. Its mission is to draw on Worcester’s rich and diverse cultural assets to foster economic revitalization, support active, creative engagement for all, and to promote a strong cultural identity for Greater Worcester. The WCC supports and encourages action that meets these creative goals of the Worcester Cultural Plan promoting cultural equity and creative community engagement. Learn more at www.worcesterculturalcoalition.org

About the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant:

The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is matching grant opportunity created by the Levitt Foundation to serve small to mid-sized towns and cities to create thriving community destinations. Grant recipients will each be awarded $25,000 in matching funds to produce their own Levitt AMP Music Series—a free, outdoor concert series featuring a diverse lineup of professional musicians. Learn more at levittamp.org.

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