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Women's Equality Day 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Sweet Heart Winery

5:00 pm -- 7:30 pm

The road to voter rights for all citizens has been a long one. It continues with twists and turns, bringing new opportunities and obstacles. We continue together, letting our different perspectives, experiences, and skills guide and strengthen our journey. Forward we go!


Keynote Address
Our 2025 Women's Equality Day celebration welcomes

Kelly Evans, Executive Director, Neighbor to Neighbor

Kelly joined Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) in 2012. She has 25 years of nonprofit leadership experience, including nearly 20 years as an Executive Director. Under Kelly’s leadership, N2N has earned Neighborworks American’s highest national rating of Exemplary, the Better Business Bureau’s Nonprofit of the Year, and scaled distribution of N2N’s emergency eviction prevention assistance by over 1000% during the pandemic, preventing over 11,000 evictions. Kelly is a community advocate for housing access and economic opportunity. She believes in the power of a diverse community. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare and Harvard University’s Achieving Excellence Program.

Call for Honoree Nominations!

There are two awards given during our Women’s Equality Day (WED) celebration:

• The Women's Equality Day Award recognizes women in Larimer County for their efforts to expand and protect voting rights of all eligible voters, work to empower women to reach their full potential and create an environment where gender doesn't limit opportunity.

• The League Legacy Award will recognize a League member for their efforts to meet the goals of the League of Women Voters to encourage informed and active participation in government, work to increase understanding of major public policy issues, to influence public policy through education and advocacy, or promote DEI in principle and practice.

If you know of someone deserving of one of these awards, please download and read the Suggestions for Writing a Strong Nomination.

Completed nominations are due June 1. Email completed forms to wed@lwv-larimercounty.org.

Women's Equality Day Nomination Form

League Legacy Nomination Form 2025

Nomination Writing Sugestions

Past Honorees

League Legacy

2013 Linda Mahan

2015 Sue Ferguson

2017 Linda Thomas

2023 Barbara Hanson

2024 Beth DeHaven

WED Honors

2017 Julie Kunce-Field

2023 Caitlin Wyrick

2023 Julie Pignataro

2024 Joy Sullivan

2024 Gretchen Haley

Want to Sponsor this Event?

Now, more than ever, we are encouraging democracy-minded businesses and individuals to join our initiatives to Make Democracy Work! All proceeds will support LWVLC efforts to ensure that every eligible voter has the freedom to vote, provide elections services (registration programs, debates and forums), compile and share VOTE411 information.

$1500 Women's Equality Day Presenting Sponsor

$1000 Women's Equality Day Champion

$500 Women's Equality Day Leader

You can find the sponsorship packet here.

To become a Women's Equality Day sponsor, email Julie Stackhouse.

Thank you to our sponsors!

The History of Women's Equality Day

The First Women's Equality Day

Women's Equality Day 2024

In 1971, Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY) successfully introduced a bill designating August 26th of each year as Women’s Equality Day.

The bill states that Women’s Equality Day is a symbol of women’s continued fight for equal rights and that the United States commends and supports them. It decreed that the President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation annually in commemoration of woman suffrage and the 1970 Strike for Equality.

Pictured: Pat Schroeder. She represented Colorado's first congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997.

Larimer County

2025 Women's Equality Day Proclamations

Loveland-August 19 at 6pm

Windsor - August 25 at 7pm

Fort Collins - August 19 at 5pm

Larimer County Commissioners - August 19 at 9am

Timnath - August 12 at 6pm

Wellington - Pending

Berthoud - Pending