Chrysalis Conversations Speaker Series
Chrysalis Conversations is our annual spring speaker series featuring local outstanding women sharing remarkable, educational, and meaningful wisdom. Featured speakers share their stories about their lives, the experiences they have had and the challenges they have faced. We learn new ways of thinking, handling successes and challenges, and how their life experience can inform our own.
2020 chrysalis conversations speaker series
in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Metro Des Moines
wednesday, april 29, 2020
11:45 am to 1:00 pm
Virtual format

The Promise of Persistence
Representative Ruth Ann Gaines and Dr. Karen Leroux
Moderated by Alyx Sacks
This year marks the 100th anniversary of passage of the 19th Amendment. Explore the history and challenges of achieving this right—who was involved, who was left behind, and what have we learned?
wednesday, may 20, 2020
11:45 am to 1:00 pm
Virtual format

Hashtag Activism, People Power, and Generational Change: Women Moving Forward
Dr. Rachel Caufield and Dr. Kesho Scott
Women’s movements have always been powerful in changing our society. Gain insights on the secrets of successful movements and the motives, mediums, and methods behind them.
2019 speakers


march 27 2019
CHANGE STARTS WITH WOMEN


april 17 2019
FROM POLICY TO PUBLIC SERVICE
