In this joint service, Marie Lowry will share her brother Don’s story and Alexandra Hicks from Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities will teach you to use Narcan, the simple tool that could have saved Don’s life.
A little talked about aspect of UU history is the walkout that happened at the 1969 General Assembly. There were opposing efforts to respond to the civil rights movement which resulted in a split in UU leadership. This event continues to have longstanding ramifications to this day. Come learn about this history and contemplate how we can truly live our values of inclusion.
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.