Margaret Sanger went to jail 9 times to win the right for birth control. Katharine Dexter McCormick provided the funding for the development of the pill. Gloria Steinem said: Sanger and McCormick taught us to look at the world as if women mattered.
We’ll meet in Adams Hall to learn about Michigan initiatives to protect our right to vote and to write letters and postcards to get out the vote. Our letters and postcards will encourage reluctant or new voters to use their voice and will count toward our Good Trouble Congregation designation.
For over a century labor has been a driving force in anchoring human rights in our law and our lives. As labor unions continue to be under attack, how can we reshape our vision of rights and work in a way that encompasses all of what we do with our life force and allows us to build the power we need to make systemic change?
Using teachings from Bowen Family Systems theory, we will explore ways we can become aware of how we are interconnected with our families, the roles we play in our families, and how it impacts our relationships with others.