Not So Usual Celebrations

August 26^th is Women’s Equality Day.  August 26^th, 1971, by an Act of Congress, was established to commemorate the passage of the 19^th Amendment to the Constitution granting women the right to vote—to have full access and equity to vote on national and state policies and procedures.  Women’s Equality Day continues to highlight inequities of pay for the same work and other access that is denied based on gender.  So today, celebrate some of the most influential women in your personal life, to include, at a bare minimum, your mother, grandmother, and sisters if you have sisters.

Activity for Kids

Today would be a great day to help kids understand equal.  If you have access to a balance, have kids balance a wide variety of materials, determining what it takes to balance or create equality between 8 M and M’s and some number of TRIX, or how to balance 50 pennies with some number of paperclips.  After literally working with equal and balance, talk about the importance of simple tools that act as great equalizers to ensure access.  Think of something as simple as the variety of tools that allow people with less hand-strength (the young, the elderly, those with arthritis) to open a jar.  Personally, I have several tools to make this easier.  Have kids think of other things that are visible ways of ensuring equity and access in practical ways.

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