{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2016-12-23-pt1-PgE1737", "2016-12-23", 114, 2, null, null, "IN HONOR OF THE SENECA FALLS DIALOGUES", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E1737", "E1737", "[{\"name\": \"Carolyn B. Maloney\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "162 Cong. Rec. E1737", "Congressional Record, Volume 162 Issue 183 (Friday, December 23, 2016)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 183 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E1737]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                 IN HONOR OF THE SENECA FALLS DIALOGUES\n\n                                  _____\n\n                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY\n\n                              of new york\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Friday, December 23, 2016\n\n  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay\ntribute to the Seneca Falls Dialogues, a conference that fosters a\ndialogue regarding women and gender studies issues, and the Women's\nInitiative for Leadership and Learning, Inc. (WILL) for supporting such\nan important event. Once every two years, dedicated students, faculty\nand activists come together in Seneca Falls, New York, which has been\nassociated with women's rights since the Declaration of Sentiments was\nsigned in Seneca Falls in 1848 at the first women's rights convention.\nThe Seneca Falls Dialogues aim to encourage discussion and research\nconcerning equal rights for women.\n  In October of 2008, the Seneca Falls Heritage Group, the Friends of\nthe Women's Rights National Historical Park, the National Women's Hall\nof Fame, and the Greater Rochester Branch of the American Association\nof University Women, in collaboration with an alliance of western New\nYork colleges and universities, came together to create the First\nBiennial Seneca Falls Dialogues. This initial conference was held on\nOctober 11-12, 2008 in celebration of the 160th anniversary of the\nfirst women's rights convention and the 60th anniversary of Eleanor\nRoosevelt's Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\n  Today, the Seneca Falls Dialogues are sponsored by WILL, in\ncollaboration with the College Alliance, the town of Seneca Falls, the\nSeneca Falls Heritage Group, the Friends of the Women's Rights National\nHistorical Park, the National Women's Hall of Fame, and the Greater\nRochester Branch of the American Association of University Women. Works\npresented at the Dialogues are archived and serve as an important cache\nof materials used by a network of university Womens and Gender Studies\nprograms and enable scholars to do further research.\n  Additionally, I would like to recognize the President of Friends of\nWomen's Rights National Historical Park, Marilyn Tedeschi, who is also\nthe key organizer of the Seneca Falls Dialogues.\n  Ms. Tedeschi has served in a number of roles, including urban\neducator, youth advocate, business entrepreneur and social activist.\nHer passions lie primarily in economic development of the working poor\nand their communities. She is a member of several boards that reflect\nthis dedication, and is a cofounder of the Community Microenterprise\nCenter, a not-for-profit that helps small businesses and serves as a\nProgressive Neighborhood Federal Credit Union for Rochester's lowest\nincome families.\n  An advocate for women and girls, Ms. Tedeschi is the President of the\nGreater Rochester Area Branch of the American Association of University\nWomen and Vice President of the Women's Institute for Leadership and\nLearning, both of which sponsor the Seneca Falls Dialogues.\n  This year's WILL award recipient is Brenda Ann Keneally. Ms. Keneally\nis an interdisciplinary artist who captures intrinsic aspects of human\nnature in her photographs. A highly honored photographer, Ms. Keneally\nhas pushed the boundaries of art and social documentation by immersing\nherself in the lives and situations of her subjects, and incorporated\nthe Internet as a documentation tool. Ms. Keneally also cofounded The\nRaw File, a digital theatre which focuses on expanding recognition for\nsocially provocative media.\n  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing the Seneca\nFalls Dialogues, Marilyn Tedeschi, and Brenda Ann Kenneally for their\ndedication to fostering civil discourse regarding women's rights, and\ntheir perseverance and advocacy in the fight to ensure equality for\nwomen.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2016-12-23-pt1-PgE1737"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 210.7832230394706, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}