Jenn Deon of PerSIStence Theatre Company conducted a presentation regarding an event entitled "Votes for Women 100" scheduled to take place in October 2021.
The project overview is as follows:
1. Oversee the development, promotion and implementation of all activities that commemorate and reflect upon 100 years of women gaining the right to vote in the municipality of St. John’s, becoming the first women in Newfoundland and Labrador to achieve the right to do so
2. Promote the continuing relevance of intersectional feminism through all activities
Four main events scheduled are as follows:
1. Ladies Reading Rooms – first Tuesday of each month at the E.B. Foran room from April-October 2021, each themed to a different aspect of the struggle for women’s equality in both 1921 & 2021
2. Women’s March Through Time – Sat Oct 16, 2021
3. The Mirror, by Trudy Morgan-Cole – a professional theatre production surrounding the life of Armine
Gosling, LSPU Hall from Oct 20-24, 2021
4. Commemorative statue of Armine Gosling placed in Bannerman Park – unveiling Oct 23, 2021
The request to the City is as follows:
1. In-kind
• Permissions and infrastructure support for Women’s March TBD
• Permission to install a statue in Bannerman Park
• Enthusiasm, participation and promotion!
2. Financial
• 2020
• An additional $5,000 to our 2020 arts jury grant, for a total of $10,000 towards project administration
• 2021 (anticipated)
• An additional $5,000 to our 2021 arts jury grant, for an expected total of $10,000 towards project administration
• Statue sponsorship in 2021 (TBD – expected levels to range from $2,500-$10,000)
A discussion period ensued with the Committee expressing gratitude to the organization for taking on this important and memorable initiative. It was agreed that Council would consider the request and respond once it has done so.