ADRIENNE:
THIS SUMMER MARKS YEARS
SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE 9TH
AMMENDMENT, WHICH GRANTED WOMEN
THE RIGHT TO VOTE..
YESTERDAY -- THE HIGHLIGHT PRO
SKYDIVING TEAM--YES...SKYDIVI NG
TEAM-- HONORED THAT AMAZING
ANNIVERSARY THE BEST WAY THEY
KNOW HOW.
ERIKETA COST WAS THERE WHEN THEY
DROPPED IN.
ERIKETA:
HERE IN SENECA FALLS, SUFFRAGIST
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON PUT INTO
WRITING, THE DECLARATION OF
SENTIMENTS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS -
AND THAT STARTED THE MOVEMENT
ELEVEN WOMEN MAKE UP THE PRO
HIGHLIGHT SKYDIVING TEAM - SOME
OF THEM ENTREPRENEURS, PUBLISHED
AUTHORS AND MOTHERS THEIR
MESSAGE - IS GET OUT AND VOTE.
"We are here to encourage
everyone to use your voice to
vote" SKYDIVERS SIGNED BANNERS
AS THEY LANDED - AND GAVE THEM
TO MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS
NATIONAL PARK, AND THE NATIONAL
WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
MELANIE CURTIS SAYS SKYDIVING
EMPOWERS HER BECAUSE IT'S
SOMETHING SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE
COULD DO.
"When we connect it to the
message of voting and using your
voice in the modern world, its
so applicable to me its just
this indirect parallel where we
feel this fear but we step
forward with bravery and
courage"
SHE SAYS HER ADVICE TO YOUNG
GIRLS - IS TO NOT LET FEAR GET
IN THE WAY OF STARTING SOMETHING
NEW.
"It's normal to have fear its
normal to feel nervous have
anxiety, then to think how can I
prepare, learn more," TODAY THEY
TEAM IS ALSO CELEBRATING THE
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 965 -
WHERE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE ABLE TO
VOTE THEY SAY THEY MUST CONTINUE
TO LEARN FROM HISTORY - TO MAKE
EQUAL RIGHTS HAPPEN OVER DECADES
-
CHOW SAYS THE HIGHLIGHT PRO
SKYDIVING TEAM - LITERALLY
HIGHLIGHTS - SOCIAL AND
PROFESSIONAL EQUITY CAUSES.
IN SENECA FALLS ERIKETA COST
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