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Mosaic
"I always feel...the movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of usputs in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic inthe end" Alice Paul
Alice Paul Institute Newsletter
April 2015
In This IssueSave the Date for Women
Rock!Contact Us
Update on Exhibit atPaulsdale
Equality AwardsGAC Alumni
SAVE THEDATE
SundayAugust 23
Celebrate 95 years of
women's right tovote with
music & craftson the lawn at
Greetings from the Chairwoman
Nelson Mandela said, "Visionwithout action is just a dream,action without vision just passesthe time, and vision with actioncan change the world". Well,watch out, world, as API isresolute in our vision and blessedwith staff, board members andvolunteers who are committed to
action! Over the past 30 years, the organization hasgrown, our strategies have expanded, our ambitionshave blossomed, and our founders' commitment toequality and to honoring the legacy of Alice Paul hasremained paramount to API's mission. Our foundershad the chutzpah to preserve Paulsdale, a potentsymbol for women's equality and the difference onewoman can make. When we recount Alice's story for agroup of girls in the parlor at Paulsdale the power ofplace, the idea that this extraordinary woman walkedthese halls, grew up playing under these trees well, itmakes Alice's story and her accomplishments comealive. On our 30th anniversary, and always, we thankour founders for their vision and leadership. The seedsof API that they planted have flourished and willcontinue to grow and change the world.
Paulsdale
API Staff
Office hours are TuesdayFriday
10am5pm8562311885
Executive DirectorLucienne Beard
Program DirectorKristina Myers
Development DirectorPaige Salvador
Development AssociateJackie Burke
Girls Advisory CouncilCoordinatorTaylor Gilbert
APPLIYourself!
Registration is open forAPPLI, a series ofprofessional developmentworkshops for highschoolgirls. One of ourworkshop leaders, JaniceColeman, has been called'an excellentcommunicator' and iscredited with 'presentinginformation in a way thatmotivates the audience'. APPLI: Weekendsworkshops include FiveSteps to Your FirstResume (May 30), Profrom Head to Toe (Oct 3)
Melinda Champion
Chair
Congratulations to the 2015
Alice Paul Equality Awardees
Lita AbeleCEO
US LumberWoodbury, NJ
Phoebe HaddonChancellor
Rutgers UniversityCamden, NJ
Candida T. SeasockFounder & PresidentCTS Associates, LLCPhiladelphia, PA
and a special tribute to theAlice Paul Institute Founders:
Elsie Behmer ~ Christine Borget ~ Judy BuckmanBarbara Irvine ~ Dee O'Neill ~ Patricia OwensJean Perry ~ Nancy Quinn ~ Diane Quinton
Janet Tegley ~ Pat Williams
Taylor Gilbert, left Keyanna Wigglesworth
From left: Michelle Dorst, Alexa RaeSantomero, and Madison Higgins
and How to Get YourDream Job and Keep It!(Nov 7). APPLI: College(July 1317) and APPLI:Careers (Aug 1014)registration for summerwill begin in May.Click here for more
information.
In Pursuit ofOrdinary EqualityExhibit Coming to
Paulsdale
Plans are being finalizedto install the In Pursuitof Ordinary Equalityexhibit at Paulsdale. Weare close to reaching ourfundraising goal to payfor painting the wallsand trim on the firstfloor and to fabricateand hang 27 wall panelsthat tell the story ofAlice Paul's life andwork for equality. There is still time tosupport this big changeat Paulsdale. Make adonation to the exhibitfund today. Donations of$1000 and more will beacknowledged on anexhibit panel. ContactLucy Beard at 856231
Back row lr: Jean Perry, Chris Borget, Barbara Irvine
Front row: Pat Williams, Judy Buckman
GAC AlumniWhere are they now?
Taylor Gilbert, GACCoordinator, moderated ourrecent GAC Reunion wheresome of our alumni impartedwords of wisdom to current GACmembers. "I am the first personfrom my high school to attendHarvard," says a smilingKeyanna Wigglesworth (GAC'09'12). A distinction she isclearly proud to share with the
GAC group, she continues, "Harvard gave me a sense of placeand belonging. It's a feeling I experienced at API, too. Lessons about Alice Paul showed me that I can be strong byjust being myself."
Madison Higgins ('04'09)offered, "API gave mepermission to not be bossybut to be considered aleader. And thatpermission carried methrough high school andcollege. When presentedwith a challenge at work(at Disney World), I draw on the leadership skills API taughtme and I feel empowered." As a first year medical student, Alexa Rae Santomero ('04'09) agrees, adding that her GACexperiences helped her approach professors with confidence. That sentiment is echoed by Drexel grad, Michelle Dorst ('04'09), BSN who explained, "in nursing you need to be a patientadvocate and to be an advocate you need to know how to
speak up GAC gave me
From left: Nora Tumas and Lauren Wills
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Quick Links...
Our Website
API Board of Directors
Melinda Champion,
ChairLinda Coppinger, Vice Chair
Cynthia Allen,Secretary
Carina Nicklas,Treasurer
Madison BeskeSomers,GAC
Judith CoronaKarpowicz
Deb Hilpl Galo Melanie LeneyJulia Ma, GAC Kim Moon
Terri O'ConnellElizabeth N. PalmerJoEllyn Perry Powell
Rebecca Rakoski Isbill Blenda RiddickMary Saile
It is with gratitude
that voice." Nora Tumis ('04'08) and
Lauren Wills ('04'08) werebest friends through gradeschool, and the two joined
API when they had thechance for a sleepover inAlice's house. Recallingher early teenage yearsNora says, "When I lookback at my time in GAC,
all the fun I had and all the cool things I did, I realize API wasa safe place to be me; to be giggly and serious and grow withmy friends. GAC brought out the feminist in me." Lauren, aRowan University graduate student happily states, "GAC
brought into focus the idea of working for a cause that wasbigger than one person and would benefit many."
Alice would be proud!
Seven of the 38 members of today's Girls AdvisoryCouncil. Leftright, front row, Julia, Cali, Sameerra; back
row Margaux, Rachel, Julia and Roser
Introducing Our New Board MembersIt seems fitting that during our anniversary year wewelcome three new board members whose connectionto API spans its history.
JoEllyn Powell has an intimatestory that few can match. As thedaughter of one of the founders ofAPI, she embraces the familytradition of preserving the homeand narrative of Alice. The WellsFargo executive brings herexpertise in finance and hopes to extend API's reachinto the financial community when thoseopportunities arise. As a camp counselor for Girlblazers, ElizabethPalmer fell in love with the mission and the girls and
that we recognizetheir
contributions!
Thank You to our
Donors andSupporters.
You are the piecesof our greatmosaic!
women API works with on a local,national, and international level. The U of Penn and RowanUniversity graduate is excited tobring her talent for transforminghighlevel ideas into action and toexecute plans for API's futuregrowth.
A chance encounter with an Alice Paulpresenter at the Mt. Laurel Librarystruck a chord with Carina Nicklas.The recent Virginia transplant quicklydiscovered API and the work theInstitute does for girls leadershipdevelopment. A former AmericaOnline executive, API's new Treasurer lends herbudgetary and financial talents to achieve itsimmediate and long range goals.
Fourthgrade studentsfrom HaddonfieldFriends School visitedPaulsdale for theMeeting Alice fieldtrip program. Schedule your field
trip now! Contact Kris Myers, Program Director [email protected].
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