All-female team of skydivers jumps to celebrate 100th anniversary of women's suffrage.
.""We’re using skydiving to capture attention and then bringing that attention to social justice initiatives, to women’s rights, to gender equality, to equality at large."
Their last jump took place in July in Seneca Falls, New York, the home of the first women’s rights convention."It was so phenomenal just to be in the presence of the place of history, where the birthplace was, and to see and be a part of this history," said Melissa Nelson Lowe, a Highlight team member."And it's so exciting to be able to do something so valuable in this sport that I love and carry a message that’s so important.
The Highlight Pro Skydiving Team, an all-female team of 11 highly skilled skydivers, is doing a series of jumps at events across the country to mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women's right to vote.The Highlight jumps, which will also take place this year in New York City and Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, were supposed to be big, live events that drew hundreds or thousands of people, including young girls who could look up to the women in the sky.
The Highlight Pro Skydiving Team, an all-female team of 11 highly skilled skydivers, is doing a series of jumps at events across the country to mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women's right to vote. "To really get what it took to secure the right to vote for women in the U.S., it was 72 years," she said."It takes so long to change hearts and minds and so it takes bold, brave moves and that’s the core mission of the team, to inspire women and girls to live a bold, brave life of their own design."
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