
Keynote Speaker: Danielle Belton, Editor-in- Chief of the leading black news site, The Root.
As a freelance journalist, Belton has written for: The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Essence Magazine, The Guardian, The American Prospect, Jezebel, NPR, The Huffington Post and
many others. Earlier in her career, Belton was a former blogger and online campaign manager for non-profits New Security Action/Win Without War and was an entertainment reporter and columnist for The Bakersfield Californian.
As a freelance journalist, Belton has written for: The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Essence Magazine, The Guardian, The American Prospect, Jezebel, NPR, The Huffington Post and
many others. Earlier in her career, Belton was a former blogger and online campaign manager for non-profits New Security Action/Win Without War and was an entertainment reporter and columnist for The Bakersfield Californian.
![]() Salutation: I'm not what you see, with Ava Rose DeVries, Scarlett Stevens, Essence Bowles, and Lorraine Nida
![]() Remarks: Child welfare advocate Amnoni Myers
![]() We marched. Now we run. By Djuna Osborne, organizer of the 2017 Women's March on Roanoke and candidate for Roanoke City Council.
![]() Remarks: Afira Devries, President and CEO of United Way of Roanoke Valley
![]() Poem: "Women are the power of this land," by Melissa Kelly, Roanoke author and owner of Book Addictions
![]() Action Plan: Redistricting, with Linda Perriello, spokesperson for OneVirginia2021, a leader in advocating for fair redistricting in the Commonwealth of Virginia
![]() Action Plan: Immigration, with Yolanda Puyana, Founder and President of Hacienda and the Roanoke Latino Festival
* Unfortunately, Dr. Puyana was sick that day and was replaced by Carolina Smales and Patricia Sagasti Suppes |
![]() Youth Activism, with Tallulah Costa
![]() Poem: "One in Three or Four," by Karenne Wood, an enrolled member of the Monacan Indian Nation who directs Virginia Indian Programs at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
![]() Empowering women to enter politics; Crossing the Aisle.
Republican Women for Progress leaders Jennifer Pierotti Lim and Meghan Milloy ![]() Action Plan: Pipeline Opposition, with Carolyn Reilly of Bold Alliance
![]() ![]() Action Plan: Healthcare and Showing Up, with healthcare activist Rebecca Wood
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