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From YouTube: Women's Achievement Awards on August 26, 2020
Description
The Bloomington Commission on the Status of Women invites the community to celebrate Women’s Equality Day on Wednesday, August 26, by honoring the 2020 Women's Achievement Award recipients at a video premiere.
The following women will be recognized for their many accomplishments in the community:
Jessika Hane, Woman of the Year
Dr. Tashera Perry, Woman of the Year
Beth Lodge-Rigal, Toby Strout Lifetime Contribution Award
Shatoyia Moss, Emerging Leader Award
Solveig Hicks, Young Woman of the Year Award
This virtual event will begin at 10 a.m. on August 26.
Women’s Equality Day, celebrated every August 26, commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. The amendment was first introduced in 1878 and passed in 1920, making this year the centennial of women’s suffrage. In 1971, the U.S. Congress designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day. Women’s Equality Day reminds us of women’s suffrage in the U.S. and of the hurdles overcome by the heroic women who faced violence and discrimination to propel the women’s movement forward.
A
B
Thank
you
for
being
part
of
this.
It's
such
a
great
day
as
these
women
join
the
great
group
of
women
who
have
been
leaders
who
are
leaders
and
who
will
be
leaders
of
our
community
to
help
us
move
toward
the
better
community
that
we
want
to
be.
Thank
you
for
being
part
of
this
community.
Thank
you
for
being
part
of
this
ceremony
and
thanks
and
congratulations
in
particular
to
the
winners.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you've
done
for
bloomington
and
will
continue
to
do
have
a
great
day
and,
let's
celebrate
women's
achievements.
C
C
C
C
Dr
perry,
graduated
laude
from
mary
baldwin
university
in
2005,
with
a
bachelor
of
science
in
biology,
then
enjoyed
a
brief
career
in
cardiovascular
research.
As
a
post-baccalaureate
fellow
at
the
national
institute
of
health.
Before
earning
her
medical
degree
from
the
university
of
chicago
pritzker
school
of
medicine
in
2011.,
she
then
went
on
to
complete
her
residency
at
the
university
of
illinois
at
chicago
in
2015..
C
C
Dr
perry
has
advocated
for
women's
health
and
physician
practice
in
a
variety
of
positions
both
locally
and
nationally.
In
addition
to
the
routine
ob
gyn
care,
she
provides.
She
also
treats
infertility
and
provides
affirming
transgender
care.
Dr
perry
has
served
on
several
iu
health
committees
and
was
physician
co-sponsor
for
a
two-year
women's
health
service
line
transformation.
C
During
her
medical
training,
dr
perry
served
on
the
american
college
of
obstetricians
and
gynecologist
junior
fellow
congress
advisory
council
and
completed
a
prestigious
advocacy
fellowship.
She
continues
her
commitment
to
women's
health
advocacy
by
flying
to
washington
dc
annually
to
lobby
on
capitol
hill.
C
D
So
my
name
is
tashira
perry.
I
am
an
ob
gyn
in
bloomington
indiana
and
I
have
the
amazing,
honor
and
privilege
of
being
awarded
the
2020
woman
of
the
year
award
by
the
bloomington
commission
on
the
status
of
women.
So
I
want
to
thank
them
for
nominating
me
and
ultimately
giving
me
this
incredible
honor.
D
My
work
in
the
community
falls
really
into
two
categories:
compassionate
patient
care
in
the
office
and
what
I
think
of
as
compassionate
physician
advocacy
outside
of
the
office
as
an
ob
gyn.
I
provide
full
spectrum
of
obstetric
and
gynecologic
services
for
women
throughout
their
lifetime,
from
adolescence
through
menopause
and
beyond.
D
In
addition
to
taking
care
of
women
during
their
pregnancies
and
the
perinatal
period,
I
also
care
for
women
dealing
with
a
number
of
conditions
like
pelvic
pain
and
endometriosis
fibroids.
I
perform
surgeries
like
tubal,
ligations
and
hysterectomies.
I
care
for
women
in
some
of
their
most
amazing
times
of
their
life.
Some
are
the
most
challenging
times
of
their
life.
I
have
a
particularly
strong
place
in
my
heart
and
in
my
practice
for
women,
who
are
sometimes
marginalized
by
the
ob
gyn
practice.
D
Women
dealing
with
infertility,
perinatal
anxiety
and
depression
and
patients
who
identify
transgender
men
and
females,
men
and
women-
I
should
say
yet
so
much
of
modern
clinical
medicine
actually
happens
outside
of
the
patient
room.
Most
doctors
went
into
this
for
the
doctor-patient
relationship,
but
so
much
of
our
clinical
practice
is
influenced
by
factors
external
to
that
relationship
and
that
those
factors
are
what
is
driving
physician
burnout,
and
that
is
where
I've
sought
to
put
many
of
my
energies
when
I'm
looking
at
ways
to
be
involved
in
the
medical
community.
D
D
So
in
that
vein,
probably
if
you
speak
to
a
bunch
of
doctors,
the
number
one
thing
they're
going
to
complain
about
is
the
electronic
health
record.
So
in
my
clinic,
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
privileged
to
do
is
actually
work
directly
with
cerner
to
provide
a
series
of
educational
opportunities
for
physicians.
We
were
finding
that,
as
as
we
transitioned
to
cerner,
that
is
the
platform
that
we
use.
We
were
missing
information.
We
had
too
much
data,
but
not
real,
useful
clinical
information.
D
The
there
wasn't
a
standard
way
to
find
or
chart
information,
and
this
was
leading
to
near
misses
to
decrease
provider.
Satisfaction.
They
didn't
feel
confident
in
their
ability
to
provide
competent
care,
and
likewise
patients
were
were
suffering
as
well.
So
we
were
able
to
work
directly
with
cerner
to
get
at
the
elbow
personalized
support
so
that
our
physicians
could
come.
You
know
come
together
and
learn
figure
out
how
to
all
chart
in
a
similar
way.
D
Document
in
similar
manner
make
the
process
more
streamlined
so
that
we
feel
that
we
can
approach
the
ehr
in
the
best
possible
the
best
known
way
and
be
able
to
find
the
information
that
we
need,
and
this
actually
made
a
difference.
We
were
able
to
see
that
our
patients
did
have
much
more
trust
in
their
physicians.
Even
when
we
were
handing
off
in
between
providers
were
able
to
spend
more
time
actually
with
their
patient,
as
opposed
to
looking
through
the
chart
and
still
missing
data.
So
that
was
an
immediate
effect.
D
Expanding
that
a
little
bit
farther.
Those
experiences
allowed
me
to
work
with
cerner
corporation
directly
and
I'm
actually
involved
in
several
ongoing
user
experience
and
activities
that
will
actually
shape
the
way
ob
gyns
across
multiple
healthcare
systems
even
globally,
are
using
and
accessing
information
in
the
electronic
health
record.
So
that
is
really
one
major
kind
of
focus.
D
I
was
fortunate
to
be
part
of
a
two-year-long
transformation
project
as
a
physician
co-sponsor
for
these
various
events
that
were
aimed
at
reducing
patient
wait
times
improving
access
so
that
physicians
had
schedules
and
scheduling
templates
that
allowed
them
to
see
as
the
patients
that
they
needed
to
see
in
a
timely
manner,
so
improving
the
ability
for
patients
to
be
seen.
You
know
within
a
couple
of
weeks,
as
opposed
to
a
couple
of
months
when
we
started
and
then
being
able
to
extend
physician
care
beyond
the
confines
of
the
office.
D
D
First
and
foremost,
I
always
start
with
my
my
mother
and
my
mother,
vivian
just
intense,
intense
love
and
and
advice
she's.
My
life
advisor
just
steadfast
commitments
and
teaching
me
to
have
a
very
strong
work
ethic.
My
father,
you
know
again
that
amazing,
unconditional
love
and
optimism.
He
is
one
of
the
most
optimistic
self-efficacious
persons,
I've
ever
met,
and
that
has
really
taught
me
that
perseverance
and
optimism
can
really
get
you
very
far.
Just
keep
keep
going,
keep
going.
My
husband
has
been
my
rock.
D
D
My
extended
family,
especially
my
my
aunt
charlotte,
who
is
you
know,
career
woman
extraordinaire.
I
used
to
follow
her
around
for
take
your
daughter
to
work
day,
my
uncle
andy,
who
still
insists
that
I
take
care
of
myself,
whether
it's
fitness
articles
or
the
latest
nutrition,
always
making
sure
that
I
am
nourishing
my
body
as
well
as
my
my
soul.
So
definitely
appreciate
that,
and
I
have
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
some
really
great
friends.
Julia
was
my
rock
through
medical
school.
D
I
met
my
husband
through
her
and
we
are
states
away
and
we
still,
I
can
still
call
her
and
just
have
that
great
sounding
board
and,
unlike
you
know,
unlike
many
people,
she
really
she
gets
it
because
we're
in
medicine
together.
So
we've
really
gone
through
that
journey
and
I
would
like
to
thank
my
my
friend,
jennifer
sims
for
nominating
me
and
the
bloomington
commission
for
the
status
of
women
for
considering
my
application.
E
E
E
E
She
is
currently
serving
as
the
co-chair
for
year.
Two
of
it
takes
a
village,
a
resource
fair
for
parents,
infants
and
toddlers,
a
joint
effort
by
the
three
bloomington
rotary
clubs.
This
event
provides
one-stop
shop,
access
to
resources,
education
and
supplies
for
parents
in
monroe,
county
jessica
and
her
husband.
Brian
are
also
actively
raising
team
hayne,
which
includes
grace
eleanor
alexander
and
artemis.
E
They
have
recently
established
the
hane
family
endowment
at
the
community
foundation
of
bloomington
monroe
county
to
help
teach
their
kids
about
the
long-term
impact
of
giving
back
and
doing
good
in
the
world.
On
behalf
of
the
bloomington
commission
on
the
status
of
women,
we
thank
you
jessica
for
your
contributions
to
women
in
our
community.
F
F
F
F
We
started
an
event
called:
it
takes
a
village,
it's
a
resource,
fair
for
parents
of
infants
and
toddlers,
and
we
gave
away
all
kinds
of
supplies
and
resources
and
access
to
education
and
in
our
first
year
it
was.
It
was
an
amazing
success
and
we
were
really
looking
forward
to
growing
that
success
in
2020.
But
of
course
we
couldn't
have
the
event
in
may,
and
so
we
decided
to
give
away
over
five
thousand
dollars
in
diapers
to
families
in
need.
F
So,
even
though
we
weren't
able
to
do
what
we
wanted,
we
were
still
able
to
help
babies
and
families,
and
then
one
other
thing
I
wanted
to
say
was
a
neat
thing.
That's
come
out
of
the
times
that
we're
going
through
right
now
is
I've
been
able
to
volunteer
as
a
in
a
support
group
for
intended
parents?
F
All
four
of
our
kids
were
born
via
gestational
surrogacy
and
when
we
were
going
through
the
process
of
building
our
family,
we
didn't
have
access
to
other
parents
who
had
gone
through
it
before
and
because
we
live
in
a
virtual
world.
Now
I've
been
able
to
serve
as
a
zoom
panelist
and
talk
to
other
intended
parents
about
our
experience
and
that's
been
really
great
and
something
that
I
had
never
even
hoped
to
be
able
to
do
prior
to
this
global
pandemic.
F
I
would
I
would
love
to
thank
well,
first
of
all,
every
woman
that's
ever
come
before
me
and
helped
me
right.
So
many.
I
want
to
thank
melissa
stone
who
nominated
me
for
this
award,
because
you
know
I
would
have
never
thought
I
deserved
it
and
for
her
to
nominate
me
means
so
much,
and
I
want
to
thank
my
amazing
partner
and
husband
who
just
stands
up
for
me
in
so
many
ways.
G
The
toby
strout
lifetime
contribution
award
is
named
for
the
former
director
of
middleway
house
and
former
bloomington
commission
on
the
status
of
women.
Commissioner,
the
tobey
strout
lifetime
contribution
award
recognizes
a
woman
whose
work
has
significantly
advanced
the
status
of
women
through
leadership
and
service.
G
G
Beth
lodge
regal
is
perhaps
best
known
in
local
circles
as
an
award-winning
singer-songwriter
who
shifted
gears
in
the
early
2000s
to
found
women
writing
for
a
change
of
bloomington
in
2004
by
2012
the
social
purpose
business
merged
into
the
not-for-profit
writing
for
a
change
foundation.
Bloomington.
G
In
addition
to
facilitating
writing
circles,
outreach,
retreats
and
directing
programs
at
the
bloomington
school.
She
has
designed
and
implemented
next
generation
conscious,
feminine
men,
leadership,
training
in
both
cincinnati
ohio
and
in
bloomington
for
women
who
are
hungry
to
learn
new
paradigms
for
leadership
in
the
21st
century.
H
My
name's
beth
lodge
regal
and
well.
I
think
the
reason
that
I'm
being
honored
is
because,
since
2004
I've
been
directing
a
creative
writing
project
in
bloomington
called
women
writing
for
a
change
which,
for
eight
years,
operated
as
a
my
own
llc
social
purpose
business,
but
very
quickly
revealed
itself
to
be
this
multifaceted,
creative
project
which
brought
women
together
around
their
words
and
and
examining
their
work
in
the
world
and
their
lives.
H
H
That's
called
the
writing
for
a
change
foundation
of
bloomington,
which
is
kind
of
the
engine
that
drives
a
lot
of
programs
that
have
grown
out
of
what
started
as
just
a
group
of
15
women
coming
together
around
a
creative
writing
endeavor,
but
really
has
become
something
quite
more,
and
it
really
is
about
writing
as
a
transformational
tool
and
the
way
that
women
can
become
stronger
authors
of
their
own
lives
through
the
art
of
writing
and
the
practices.
These
kind
of
unique
practices
of
community
listening
and
collaboration
that
happen
through
this
project.
H
So
that's
why
and
we've
impacted
a
lot
of
women's
lives.
I
think
in
bloomington
in
the
last
16
years,
and
we
have
programs
for
girls
and
teens
and
young
women
and
all
gender
programs
now
and
yeah.
So
it's
just
it's
kind
of
taken
on
a
life
of
its
own
and
we
do
outreach
in
places
like
the
monroe
county
corrections
center
and
work
with
women
there
and
in
other
nonprofits.
H
So
we're
also
supporting
the
work
and
the
people
who
are
working
on
the
front
lines
of
a
lot
of
local
nonprofits,
many
of
whom
are
women,
not
all,
but
so
yeah.
There's
this
ripple
effect
that
comes
from
really
using
writing
as
a
tool
to
guide
oneself
forward.
You
know
it
was
kind
of
a
roundabout
thing.
The
way
many
life
paths
can
go.
H
So
I
kind
of
found
it
and
then
found
myself
very
much
resonating
with
the
mission
of
bringing
people
together
in
conscious
community
around
writing
as
a
transformational
tool,
and
there
are
some
real
particular
methodologies
and
processes
and
practices
that
we
use
that
really
evoke
more
from
people
and
and
also
encourage
a
certain
kind
of
listening.
It's
a
it's,
a
less
critical
listening.
H
It's
a
supportive
kind
of
listening
to
lift
up,
what's
already
really
strong
in
the
people
that
come
into
these
circles
and
then
build
on
that
so
yeah,
it's
not
critique
based
in
any
way,
but
it's
encouraging
and
the
number
of
women
and
people
who
have
come
to
our
circles,
saying
you
know,
I'm
not
really
a
writer,
I'm
just
kind
of
exploring
or
dabbling.
You
know
and
then
realize
that
there's
some
deep
well
of
articulation,
that's
coming
up!
That
is
surprising
to
them
and
then
enlightening
to
all
the
people
in
the
room.
H
So
there's
this
wonderful,
give
and
take
that
happens
in
these
circles
that
are
very
empowering
fundamentally
empowering
to
the
people
that
participate.
I
mean
there
can
never
be
enough
thanks.
I
you
know
my
folks,
my
parents,
who
you
know
my
mom
taught
me
this
love
of
language,
and
you
know
thrill
around
arts
and
service.
My
father
was
a
math
teacher
and
built
things,
so
I
feel
like
between
the
skills
that
they
gave
me
around.
H
Both
you
know
embracing
art
and
then
learning
how
to
literally
build
something
from
scratch,
which
is
kind
of
what
here
in
bloomington
women
writing
for
a
change
was
and
continues
to
be.
You
know
I
I
thank
them.
I
think
my
siblings.
I
think
all
the
women
that
I
work
with
women
writing
for
a
change
has
now
over
35
other
leaders
who
helped
take
this
work
out
into
the
world,
and
so
there
are
many
I
just
I
thank
you
all.
H
I
can't
name
you
all,
but
you're
doing
the
work,
I'm
grateful
to
middleway
house
and
to
toby
strout,
and
we
now
are
our
location,
which
is
in
suspended
animation
because
of
covid,
but
we
were
able
to
move
into
the
space
right
next
to
middleway
house,
so
we
are
at
least
geographically
aligned
and
in
an
accessible
location
that
really
opens
up
the
possibility
of
who
we're
able
to
serve
now.
So
that
alliance
is
really
important
to
me,
and
I
know
I
knew
toby
not
well.
H
She
was
not
a
close
friend,
but
she
was
a
critical
friend
and
presence
in
my
life.
At
a
time
I
needed
to
bring
someone
to
middleweight
house
who
needed
help
and
she
that
person
got
the
help
they
needed
and
toby
came
to
me
to
check
on
me
and
that
little
tiny
story
means
the
world
to
me.
It's
just
the
story
of
small
kindnesses
at
big
moments
that
make
a
difference
so
yeah.
I
Hi,
my
name
is
amy
joslin
and
I
am
a
commissioner
for
the
bloomington
commission
on
the
status
of
women,
and
I
am
happy
today
to
talk
of
to
award
the
emerging
leader
award.
The
emerging
leader
award
acknowledges
a
woman
with
a
relatively
short
less
than
five
years
of
history
of
significant
achievements
and
recognizes
the
potential
for
future
contributions.
I
She
also
serves
as
a
liaison
to
several
commissions
and
groups,
including
the
commission,
on
the
status
of
black
males,
the
commission
on
the
status
of
children
and
youth
and
the
sister
cities
committee
prior
to
joining
the
city
of
bloomington
as
safe
and
civil
city.
Director
chatoya
was
the
director
of
indiana
kids,
a
mentoring
and
tutoring
program
at
indiana
university
and
was
also
the
events
and
athletic
director
of
girls
inc.
I
As
a
2013
graduate
of
indiana
university
chatoya
holds
a
bs
in
general
studies
with
minors
in
gender
studies,
human
sexuality
and
develop
human
development
and
family
studies.
She
is
the
webmaster
chair
of
youth
initiatives
and
one
of
two
vice
presidents
for
the
bloomington
alumni
chapter
of
delta,
sigma
theta
sorority,
incorporated
in
her
free
time.
She
enjoys
spending
time
with
her
nephew,
kickboxing
and
mentoring.
I
Three
young
women,
one
who
is
working
as
an
athletic
director
in
okinawa,
japan,
one
who
is
an
iu
student
majoring
in
speech
and
hearing
science
and
one
who
is
an
employee
at
cook
incorporated
in
bloomington.
We
are
proud
to
award
chatoya
moss
with
the
emerging
leader
award.
Congratulations,
chitoya.
J
I'm
shittoy
moss
and
I
am
receiving
the
emerging
leader
award.
I
am
receiving
that
award
for
my
work
in
the
inaugural
black
girls
summit
that
took
place
november
2019
summit
included
over
a
hundred
black
and
brown
middle
and
high
school
young.
Ladies,
where
we
taught
differences
on
body
imaging
mental
health
and
self-care.
J
Also,
I
am
receiving
this
award
for
my
work
in
the
community
through
my
chairmanship
of
the
delta
delta
gyms
program.
I
am
a
member
of
delta,
sigma
theta
sorority,
incorporated
where
I
do
a
lot
of
youth
programming
in
the
community
as
well
as
community
service.
I
also
mentor
three
young,
ladies
two,
which
are
in
the
undergrad
sector
of
iu
and
as
well
as
one
who
is
a
newly
graduate
that
lives
in
japan.
J
Currently
inspired
me
is
that
I'm
the
oldest
of
six,
so
I
have
always
been
a
big
sister
and
I
wanted
to
continue
that
work
in
my
new
new
community.
I
am
originally
from
hopkinsville
kentucky,
so
I
moved
to
bloomington
in
2009.
I
since
then
have
always
had
a
passion
of
being
about
being
a
community
servant.
So
with
that
my
focus
has
always
been
youth
driven.
I'm
just
looking
at
my
younger
brothers
and
sisters.
I've
always
wanted
to
give
back
and
always
continue
to
put
in
more
than
I
can
get
out.
J
J
Obviously
I
have
seen
these
women
work
and
strive
their
entire
lives,
and
I
would
like
to
think
that
all
of
that
hard
work
is
myself,
I'm
the
product
of
all
that
hard
work,
and
I
truly
hope
that
I'm
making
them
proud
by
continuing
and
doing
good
in
our
community
and
really
focusing
on
people
who
don't
have
a
lot
like.
I
said
it's
it's
one
of
those
things
like
what
would
I
have
wanted
as
a
little
black
girl,
so
I'm
hoping
that
I'm
just
really
reciprocating
that
into
some
of
these
young.
J
Ladies
within
our
own
community.
I
would
definitely
like
to
just
thank
the
commission
for
recognizing
me
again.
I
wake
up
every
day,
just
wanting
to
be
a
servant
to
my
community.
I
never
look
forward
to
being
recognized
for
the
work
that
I
do,
but
it
is
a
nice
touch
that
someone
does
see
it
and
does
recognize
it.
I
really
hope
that
this
opens
up
people's
eyes
and
really
see
that
you
can
do
a
little
good
just
by
being
a
mentor
being
someone
in
someone
else's
life
and
just
just
listening.
J
I
think
listening
is
probably
the
biggest
thing
and
biggest
hurdle
and
that's
what
we
found
out
through
the
summit
and
just
kind
of
being
a
part
of
the
bloomington
community
for
so
long.
At
this
point,
it's
just
that
people
really
need
to
be
listened
to,
and
I
think
the
commission
for
not
only
listening
but
recognizing
myself,
along
with
the
other
award.
K
K
Salvik
and
other
organizers
were
then
able
to
work
with
school
administrators
to
change
the
code
which
was
later
successfully
adopted
by
the
mccsc
school
board
at
bloomington.
High
school
north
salvik
serves
as
a
co-president
of
the
young
democrats
club
and
has
been
instrumental
in
pairing
the
club
with
several
interesting
political
speakers
and
arranging
political
internships
for
students.
K
K
L
L
L
Those
clubs
we've
had
a
number
of
speakers
come
to
speak
to
students
at
our
school,
about
issues
of
like
well
about
feminism
and
like
intersectionalities
of
feminism,
but
then
also
about
we've
organized
a
rally
for
reproductive
rights,
and
we
had
that
last
june
and
we're
also
looking
to
provide
menstrual
products
in
bathrooms
at
our
school.
But-
and
we
were
in
the
midst
of
that,
but
then
krona
kind
of
like
disrupted
those
efforts,
but
we're
hoping
to
get
that
done
next
year.
So
yeah.
L
Those
are
some
of
the
things
that
I've
done.
I
mean,
I
guess
it's
sort
of
a
cliche
thing
to
say,
but,
like
probably
like
a
lot
of
women
would
say,
like
my
mom
and
my
grandmas,
because
I
mean
in
both
of
my
grandma's
families,
like
their
families,
gave
money
for
their
brothers
to
go
to
school
and
studying
college,
but
not
them
so,
and
just
my
mom
also
has
just
I
feel
like
her
like.
L
Will
she
and
her
generation
have
just
a
lot
of
ex
experienced
a
lot
of
gender
discrimination
that
I
think
my
generation
is
not
having
to
or
is
not
necessarily
not
having
to
deal
with?
But
is
maybe
speaking
out
about
more
and
is
like
fighting
a
fight
against
more
so
I'm
yeah,
I'm
very
impacted
by
their
experiences
and
the
injustices.
They've
dealt
with
that.
I
hope
my
generation
can
fix
like
issues
plaguing
women
internationally.
L
So
last
summer
I
did
a
summer
program
at
phillips
at
phillips,
exeter
academy.
Sorry
and
I
took
a
class
on
global
justice
and
we
talked
a
lot
about
forced
prostitution
and
human
trafficking,
which
women
are
like
it's
just.
The
rates
of
women
globally
that
are
forced
into
that
is
just
like
astronomical,
and
so
I'm
hoping
in
college
when
I
can
have
more
international
experiences
that
I
could
aid
in
some
way
in
fighting
those
horrible
issues.
M
Thank
you
all
for
joining
us
virtually.
For
this
event,
my
name
is
shruthi
rana,
I'm
an
assistant
dean
and
professor
at
the
hamilton,
bluebird
school
of
global
and
international
studies
at
indiana
university
bloomington,
and
I'm
also
a
commissioner
on
the
city
of
bloomington
commission
on
the
status
of
women.
I'm
very
honored
to
be
here
today,
speaking
with
all
of
you,
and
to
support
the
tremendous
work
you're
all
doing
in
the
community
to
support
women's
leadership
and
development.
M
M
First,
commemorating
the
day
in
1920,
when
american
women
won
one
of
their
major
battles
in
the
centuries-long
fight
to
be
able
to
vote
and
participate
fully
as
equal
citizens
of
the
united
states.
Second,
it's
to
call
attention
to
the
continuing
quest
for
women's
equality
in
the
united
states
and
to
highlight
women's
efforts
to
move
towards
full
equality.
M
So
this
gives
us
two
tasks.
If
we
think
about
the
history
and
meaning
of
what
we're
celebrating
today,
the
first
task
is
to
reduce
the
pressures
that
are
keeping
women
and
girls
down
and
to
support.
The
second
task
is
to
support
the
efforts
that
will
help
women
rise
up
right,
so
two
simultaneous
tasks,
reducing
the
pressures
and
discrimination
that
have
prevented
women
from
accessing
full
citizenship
and
to
support
the
efforts
that
will
help
women
rise
up
and
truly
be
equal
citizens
of
the
united
states
of
america.
M
However,
celebrating
this
day
and
commemorating
this
day,
doesn't
tell
us
how
to
do
those
things
right,
how
do
we
reduce
discrimination
while
simultaneously
promoting
equality?
It
also
doesn't
tell
us
what
we
can
do
to
make
that
happen,
although
it
gives
us
some
important
clues.
So
that's
what
I'd
like
to
focus
on
today.
M
M
So
I'd
like
to
start
by
going
back
to
the
first
task,
I
mentioned
eliminating
discrimination
against
women.
We
can
start
eliminating
discrimination
only
by
recognizing
it
and
finding
it
in
the
first
place.
So,
let's
start
with
the
19th
amendment,
the
anniversary,
we're
marking
today
is
often
described
as
marking
the
commemoration
of
the
amendment
that
granted
women
the
right
to
vote.
However,
I
think
this
is
a
misleading
description
that
actually
obscures
the
nature
of
discrimination
and
prevents
us
from
fully
understanding
what
we
need
to
do
to
move
forward.
M
The
19th
amendment
did
not
actually
grant
women
the
right
to
vote.
It
instead
barred
states
from
denying
access
to
voting
based
on
gender.
This
is
a
critical
distinction.
It
means
that
voting
was
not
a
guarantee
embedded
in
the
19th
amendment,
but
actually
something
that
women
have
had
to
fight
to
access.
It's
something
that
women
have
had
to
fight
to
term
from
words
written
on
a
page
into
the
reality
of
actually
being
able
to
cast
a
ballot.
M
Access
to
the
vote
to
the
access
to
the
vote
is
a
battle
that
also
continues
to
this
day.
In
fact,
we're
here
in
the
year
2020
the
year
that
was
meant
to
celebrate
the
100th
anniversary
of
the
19th
amendment
and
the
ability
to
vote
is
still
under
threat.
We
are
literally
living
in
a
moment
where
casting
a
ballot
in
person
could
put
women's
lives
at
risk
because
of
the
pandemic.
M
For
example,
last
year
nearly
nearly
half
of
the
women
killed
were
killed
by
intimate
partners
or
family
members,
meaning
that
about
137
women
across
the
world
are
killed
by
a
member
of
their
family.
Every
day,
women
and
children
make
up
nearly
70
percent
of
our
nation's
poor
and
they
are
more
than
70
of
the
people
trafficked
globally,
we
have
hundreds
of
thousands
of
women
dying
preventable
deaths
from
maternal
mortality
worldwide,
and
here
in
indiana
we
have
third
worst
maternal
mortality
rate
in
the
country
on
par
with
iraq
and
vietnam.
M
In
fact,
by
many
measures,
women's
progress
worldwide
and
in
the
united
states
is
dropping
during
this
pandemic.
We've
seen
the
impact
of
all
of
these
events.
Rates
of
domestic
violence,
for
example,
have
escalated
dramatically
around
the
world,
as
workplaces,
schools
and
legal
service
offices
closed
abruptly,
cutting
off
the
women
most
in
need
from
access
to
legal
and
support
services.
M
The
pandemic
has
also
led
to
emerging
of
home
school
and
the
worst
workplace,
which
has
a
disproportionate
impact
on
women
as
the
pandemic
spread.
It
has
made
the
gender
division
of
labor
and
its
consequences
more
vivid,
more
vivid
and
more
visible,
just
as
the
pandemic
has
created
a
double
pandemic
of
increased
domestic
violence.
It
has
also
highlighted
and
heightened
heightened
the
double
bind
facing
women
who
shoulder
the
burdens
for
caretaking
household
labor
and
now,
as
we
move
into
august,
who
shoulder
the
burden
of
conducting
their
children's
education
along
with
formal
employment
or
civic
participation.
M
At
the
same
time,
women
make
up
more
than
70
of
the
women
of
the
workers
deemed
essential
during
this
current
public
health
crisis,
because
women
make
up
the
majority
of
care
workers,
health
workers
and
service
workers
at
the
same
time
that
all
of
these
setbacks
are
happening.
The
laws
addressing
gender-based
violence
in
women's
equality
are
also
being
rolled
back
in
the
united
states.
M
The
violence
against
women
act,
for
example,
which
was
passed
in
1994,
expired
last
year
and
has
not
been
reauthorized,
so
women
facing
some
of
these
challenges
are
stuck
in
legal
limbo
without
a
way
to
address
the
problems
facing
them.
At
the
same
time,
we
continue
to
have
mothers
being
torn
from
their
children's
at
the
border.
M
Women
are
losing
their
jobs
because
of
the
current
financial
crisis
or
are
leaving
their
jobs
because
of
caregiving
goals.
These
women
are
often
not
able
to
access
unemployment
benefits
or
paid
family
leave.
That
would
allow
them
to
address
these
crises
and
move
forward.
So
by
all
of
these
measures,
the
situation
remains
dire
in
terms
of
the
status
of
women's
discrimination
in
the
united
states.
At
the
same
time,
I
also
see
tremendous
possibilities
for
hope
at
this
moment
in
time.
M
So
now
I'd
like
to
move
to
the
second
task
that
I
mentioned
above,
how
do
we
help
women
rise
up?
How
do
we
help
women
gain
full
and
equal
participation
in
our
society
and
in
our
future?
At
this
point,
I'd
like
you
all,
to
ask
yourselves
what
are
the
goals
that
you
seek
for
women
today
and
I'll
start
by
telling
you
some
of
mine?
I
would
like
to
see,
as
I
imagine,
a
world
moving
forward-
is
not
a
world
dominated
by
strong
men,
but
a
world
that
is
built
by
wise
and
strong
women.
M
M
M
On
the
other
side,
we
have
goals
and
thinking
about
ways
for
women
to
rise
up
and
be
empowered,
and
in
fact
I
think
our
goal
should
be
even
higher
so
to
bridge
this
gap
and
get
from
the
obstacles
to
our
goals.
I
think
what
we
need
to
do
is
look
in
the
middle,
so
the
space
in
the
middle.
Let's
start
with
middle
america,
that's
where
we
are
right
now.
I
want
us
to
define
the
middle.
So
to
do
that,
I
want
to
borrow
a
phrase
from
literature.
M
This
is
the
idea
of
a
third
space,
something
that
we
also
call
middle
spaces,
the
in-between
spaces
between
public
and
private,
between
our
homes
and
the
workplace.
That
is
any
place
where
my
marginalized
groups
can
imagine
their
own
liberation.
These
middle
spaces
are
very
familiar
to
most
women.
They
are
the
book,
clubs,
the
knitting
groups,
campus
and
community
groups.
M
Many
of
the
things
that
you
do
that's
part
of
civic
participation
or
your
social
life.
They
are
the
spaces
where
women
and
girls,
just
like
our
mothers
and
grandmothers,
share
the
skills,
strategies
and
knowledge
not
just
to
imagine
but
to
facilitate
their
own
empowerment
and
their
own
futures,
whatever
that
means
to
them
and
whatever
it
means
to
you
another
way
at
looking
at
these
middle
spaces.
Is
that
they're
both
the
sources
and
tools
for
women's
activism
and
civic
participation?
M
Indeed,
I
think
we're
at
a
unique
moment
in
time.
It's
a
moment
that
political
scientists
tell
us
we're
witnessing
history
in
the
making,
not
just
because
of
the
pandemic,
but
because
of
the
acceleration
of
women's
civic
leadership
and
rising
voices
and
the
people
who
are
doing
this
are
not
the
most
powerful
leaders
or
our
most
famous
celebrities.
M
That
was
large,
likely
the
largest
single
day
demonstration
in
recorded
u.s
history,
matched
only
by
the
demonstrations
that
are
continuing
as
we
speak
today.
Women
are
running
for
office
and
winning
in
record-breaking
numbers
all
across
the
united
states,
you're
making
history
in
state
and
local
elections
all
over
the
country
and
all
over
these
middle
spaces.
M
M
M
N
My
name
is
ashley
hazelrigg
and
I'm
the
co-chair
of
the
bloomington
commission
on
the
status
of
women.
On
behalf
of
the
commission
and
its
volunteers,
I
would
like
to
sincerely
express
our
gratitude
to
you
for
joining
us
for
this
special
virtual
event.
This
year
has
been
one
of
unprecedented
circumstances
and
we're
overjoyed
at
the
opportunity
to
publicly
recognize
our
award
winners
in
lieu
of
our
usual
women's
history
month
luncheon
and
women's
leadership
development
events.
We
wanted
to
find
a
way
to
gather
and
display
the
great
works
and
accomplishments
of
the
recipients.
N
Furthermore,
I
would
like
to
offer
my
personal
congratulations
to
each
of
them.
The
women's
history
month
theme
for
2020
was
valiant
women
of
the
vote.
I
hope
that
the
accounts
our
award
winners
share
today,
inspire
valiance
among
women
and
girls
in
our
bloomington
community
valiance
is
defined
as
bravery,
boldness,
courage
and
determination.
N
I
think
most
people
would
agree
that
now
more
than
ever,
we
could
all
use
a
little
valiance
if
you
find
yourself
inspired.
I
hope
you
take
the
inspiration
you
gain
today
and
begin
working
to
benefit
the
world
around
you.
I
encourage
you
also
to
take
some
time
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
the
commission
on
the
status
of
women.
As
a
commission,
we
seek
out
opportunities
to
explore
the
issues
and
concerns
of
women,
celebrate
women's
accomplishments
and
promote
solutions
to
the
problems
and
challenges
faced
by
women
right
here
in
bloomington's
community.