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2019 Hazelett Forum features historic battle for women’s right to vote

Posted October 24, 2019 by Teresa Mackin

2019 Hazelett Forum features historic battle for women’s right to vote “It’s one of the defining civil rights struggles in our nation’s history, cutting to the heart of what democracy means: who gets to participate in our government? Who has a voice? When we say ‘We the people,’ who do we really mean? We’re still asking those same questions today.”

Speaking truth to power: Reflecting on the 2017 Hazelett Forum

Posted January 8, 2018 by Teresa Mackin

“I think many institutions fail, even ones that have been around a long time, because history and tradition can blind people to hard truths, and too few are willing to address them head on.”