ASWM Conference May 5-6, Syracuse NY
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Shelley Graff is a longtime feminist singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Singing In Sacred Circle facilitator who has been sharing her songs since 1989. She believes her sacred journey is guiding her to share the ancient tradition of Singing In Sacred Circle to as many women as possible. Shelley travels around the country performing and sharing that experience at women’s retreats, festivals, conferences, marches, churches and private homes. Her albums were inspired by and are a tribute to the healing/sounding work of the late Kay Gardner.
WORKSHOP: Honoring Our Family Her-Stories & Songs! Tillie and Louise: Old Maid Aunts or Suffragists?
Explore four generations of strong women activists while viewing two original music videos that illustrate the generational threads connecting one family’s stories. The common threads between aunts, mother, daughter and niece weave a story of similar passions and inspiring values clearly reflected in the images of women challenging stereotypical roles prescribed across the generations. Participants will be encouraged to analyze and discuss the values passed from generation to generation that created a family of strong activists and artists who worked for women’s rights and social justice throughout the 20th and into the 21st Century.
The hope is that the workshop participants consider diving deeply into the personal her-stories about the women in their families to find the patterns and power of their ancestors. Who knows…like me, the workshop participants might discover that the two women frequently referred to as the “Old Maid Aunts” in my family were so much more! In fact, Tillie and Louise were actually influential businesswomen in Cincinnati and dedicated suffragists who, like their suffragist sisters in Seneca Falls, helped pave the way so that their niece, great nieces and great, great nieces could finally be treated as citizens and exercise their right to vote!
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