Join us to honor WOMEN!! 

Join us for the 3rd annual commemorative photograph of SOMA CELEBRATES WOMEN for Women's History Month. #somacelebrateswomen

We are calling on ALL PEOPLE (especially in Maplewood & South Orange but all are welcome!) to meet at the Maplewood Town Hall at 9:45AM on Saturday, March 7th for a 10:00 photo. People of all ages are welcome so grab your daughters, sons, husbands, partners, boyfriends, girlfriends, your sisters,brothers, fathers and mothers to help us commemorate this year's SOMA CELEBRATES WOMEN.

We’re asking all participants to wear white in honor of the women from the suffrage movement who worked to win our right to vote, but come regardless of whether you can wear white. You are sure to run into old friends and meet some new ones too, share some laughs, create a new memory and lend your voice to the Women's History YEAR in SOMA.

Special thanks to our local photographer for lending his time and talent to this program, Reggy Stainfil of Stainfil Studios.

Why white? You’ve likely seen women from all walks of life “wear white” to send a powerful message but why white? White, purple, and gold were the official colors of the National Women’s Party and the suffragist movement. According to the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage’s statement of purpose, the colors were chosen deliberately: purple for “loyalty, constancy to purpose, unswerving steadfastness to a cause,” gold for “the color of light and life and “the torch that guides our purpose.” And white, “the emblem of purity, symbolizes the quality of our purpose.”