I am so looking forward to attending my third consecutive independent conference. It is a great chance to meet other enthusiastic independents who have given some considerable and reasonable thought to meaningful political reforms. I am bringing 2 associates with me this year!
Utah and New York share a longstanding partnership in reform. In fact I am from Syracuse (Utah) and PJ, who will also be attending, lives in Saratoga Springs (Utah). Years after Lucretia Mott spoke at the Seneca Falls Convention, the women’s suffrage movement heavily influenced the formation of the Utah State Constitution making Utah the second state in the Union to enfranchise women (neighboring Wyoming was the first).
While women and all races may now vote, there has been a longstanding effort by the parties to defend and perpetuate a power establishment couched in the parties based on ideology and power as substitutes for race and gender. It is truly exciting to be involved with a growing movement that is sure to go down in history as formers and reformers of great things.
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