UPCOMING VOTE100 EVENTS
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June 2018
Pankhurst in the Park – Women Hold up Half the Sky
On June ninth, 2018, to celebrate the close of Ekua Bayunu’s 8-week AIR project, “Women Hold up Half the Sky”, you are invited to participate in a day of events presenting and reflecting on the work. Bayunu’s work will expand beyond local concerns to build on the themes of global women’s leadership and consider culture, the arts and creativity as tools for active citizenship of central significance. The 8-week project incorporates elements of sculpture and film, and will include the…
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Manchester Day Parade – The Pankhurst Centre March
The Pankhurst Centre will be marching in honour of the Suffragettes at the Manchester Day Parade.
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Manchester Day Parade
The Manchester Day parade will weave its way through the heart of the city centre in a fusion of colour, music and dance! Manchester Day 2018 promises to be even bigger and better than before. The centrepiece of the day will still be a stunning parade, weaving its way through the city. The parade itself will be around one mile long and take up to an hour to pass any one point. The Pankhurst Centre and other women's organisations will be represented…
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Bike Ride – WoManchester Full Moon Evening Ride
This tour celebrates the six women who were shortlisted to have a new statue in Manchester: Margaret Ashton, Louise DaCacodia, Elizabeth Gaskell, Emmeline Pankhurst, Elizabeth Raffald and Ellen Wilkinson. We visit sites associated with each of the women and consider their legacies. Please visit Manchester Bike Tours for more information and booking.
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Suffragette Sleepout in aid of Emmeline’s Pantry
Join Emmeline's Pantry for a night under the stars with a difference! A sponsored sleepout to fundraise for Emmeline's Pantry, a local women's food bank that supports struggling and vulnerable women across Manchester. The evening will include entertainment, live music and food. Register for your sleep out by the 20th June or pop along for the evening activities and buy a ticket at the door. To register contact emmelinespantryparlour@gmail.com or find Emmeline's Pantry on facebook.
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Our Emmeline – Stone Circle Unveiling
The stone meeting circle that will surround the Our Emmeline statue is unveiled on the 160th birthday of Emmeline Pankhurst! • The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor June Hitchins, will perform the unveiling ceremony • Dr Helen Pankhurst, Great Granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, will be in attendance and will talk about the statue and its significance • Sculptor Hazel Reeves will be talking about this important next step in her work to create Our Emmeline • The sixty strong Nottingham…
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Celebrating 100 Years of OUR Suffragette City and #MisogynylSHate Campaign
On the 18th July women from across Greater Manchester are uniting to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage, in the City whose heart is encapsulated by it's ongoing strive for civil freedom and equality. Join us for a day of celebration, in which we revel in the achievements of our past but acknowledge the challenges for our future. Following on from the incredible work of Nottingham Citizens, we are about to set the next benchmark for women's rights by launching…
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enJOY arts – First in the Fight – Performance at Heaton Park by the lake
Join enJOY arts and Herizons Creative Women's Group for 'First in the Fight' - a celebratory performance commemorating Heaton Park's proud suffragette history! We'll be meeting by the lake to recreate moments from an historic suffrage rally held at the park, before inviting you to join us in marching to the very spot where Emmeline Pankhurst obstructed a tram as part of the campaign. With rousing original songs and captivating drama, this free community performance is sure to re-ignite the…
Find out more »Bike Ride – Esther Roper and Eva Gore-Booth: Living and Loving in Manchester in the 1890’s
This 8 mile cycle tour traces the lives two fascinating women who made a unique contribution to the causes of women's suffrage and women's trade unions during their years in Manchester. Esther Roper was one of the first women to graduate from Manchester University and was the secretary to the North West Suffrage Society. Eva Gore-Booth left her family home in Sligo to live and work with Esther in Manchester and made her mark in the Women’s Trade Union movement…
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Bike Ride – Mary Quaile -Women and Trade Unions
For five decades Mary never swerved from her belief that the best way for working women to improve their lives at work was through trade unionism. She dedicated her life to this cause and for this she deserves to be remembered - and celebrated' Mary Quaile Club. The 8th August will be Mary's 132nd birthday. We will visit places she lived, worked, organised and in which she is dearly remembered. Please visit Manchester Bike Tours for more information and booking.
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