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UU Women's Connection CMwD


Beverly UU

February 5-7, 2010:
Beverly Unitarian Church in Chicago will host the Connection Council for the first quarterly meeting of the new year.

A Margaret Fuller Conversation Program will be provided on Saturday afternoon, February 6th. This the first of many Conversations Council will facilitate this year to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Margaret Fuller's birth.

The Women's Connection Council welcomes input from its members. If you would like to attend a council meeting or voice a suggestion or concern, please e-mail us by clicking "Contact us" above.


Southern Hospitality

A special thanks to the women of the Carbondale, Illinois Unitarian Fellowship who hosted the Connection for the third quarter meeting and to Jewel DeWeese whose hospitality gave us space for sleeping, cooking and meeting for third quarter and annual councilors retreat. Council also worked like elves-in-the-night to produce the banner pictured here.

Women’s Connection councilors presented a program Saturday afternoon at the Carbondale church from the feminist curriculum: Cakes for the Queen of Heaven: On the Threshold. The final session, “Future Fantasies” in the newly released Part 2 of the Curriculum by Rev. Shirley Ranck was the focus of the presentation and called on women in attendance to think about themselves and the world 15 years into the future.

The banner gave participants an opportunity to conceptualize those “fantasies” in a quilt square, which was made into a banner and presented at Sunday Service the following morning. Pictured in the photo are officers Pat Goller, Chair; Diana DeWeese, Vice Chair and Nicole Nichols, Treasurer. Other 2010 Councilors are: Debbie Czarnopys-White, Cathy Kline and Janice Bailey.


Celebrate Margaret Fuller's Bicentennial

Who was Margaret Fuller?

● FIRST American to write a book about equality for women
● FIRST American war correspondent / served under combat conditions
● FIRST woman foreign correspondent
● FIRST woman journalist on Horace Greeley’s New York Daily Tribune
● FIRST woman literary critic / set literary standards
● FIRST editor, The Dial magazine
● FIRST to organize paid "Conversations" for women (educational "rap sessions")
● FIRST woman to enter Harvard Library for research purposes - a giant step since colleges were closed to women.


Women's Programs: Margaret Fuller Salons

What are we UU women thinking today? What do women want? What were we born to? What do we talk about? Read about? What are we passionate about? Silent about?

Where do we find ourselves in relation to the world? UN Resolution 1325 (2000) mandates that women be involved in all peace negotiations. Is feminism taking a striking new direction? Is service to the world feminism's next step? Can visionary feminist theory be turned into action?

Hosting a Conversation salon is easy. For information about this and other outstanding women's programs offered by the UU Women's Connection: contact us.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. Declaration of Sentiments, First Women's Rights Convention, Seneca Falls, New York , July 19-20, 1848

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)

Events & News

  • Emma's Revolution Concert

    Saturday, February 13, 2010
    Carbondale, Illinois Unitarian Fellowship
    105 N. Parrish Lane
    Carbondale, Illinois
    Advance tickets: $15.00; $10.00 for students.
    At the door: $18.00 or $10.00 for students.

    If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of the revolution. --emma goldman
    February 13th 2010
    Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship

    Emma's Revolution concert
    Benefits CUF's Zambian AIDS Partnership

    Silent Auction fundraiser
    Benefits CUF's partnership with Ranchhod Hospice and Orphan Care in Kabwe, Zambia.
    Partnership website is: http://www.cuuf.net/programs/Zambia/Zambia.html

    A portion of the proceeds will also be donated to HIV/AIDS Services in Southern Illinois.

    The silent auction, containing African items and donations from local Artisans, and the wine finger food reception will be held from 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM followed by the concert.

    For further information contact Carla Feldhamer at hospice88@aol.com or 618-201-4947. See calendar for down loadable flyer.

    The event is sponsored by the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship with $500 grant assistance from the
    UU Women's Connection to bring the talented Emma's Revolution to Carbondale.

  • UU Women As Agents of Change

    March 20, 2010, Third Unitarian Church, Chicago.
    Honoring, Celebration, Margaret Fuller Conversation Salons, lunch, entertainment and more...to honor CMwD's female Agents of Change.

    For honoree details or to register on line Women's Leadership Day

    Who is the one woman in your congregation who steps up to leadership in the spirit of Margaret Fuller, feisty, creative and courageous UU fore mother?

    What woman in your congregation inspires and leads others with creative solutions: formulates new programs or curriculum, spearheads a special project or champions a specific cause?

    Don't miss this chance. Honorees attend free. Other women volunteers and leaders may attend this day for a modest $15 featuring lunch, celebration, recognition and Margaret Fuller Conversation Salons. Learn their stories and share yours!

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  • 2010 Spring Conference

    UU Women's Connection
    2010 Spring Conference
    June 4-6
    Pilgrim Park Retreat Center
    Keynote: Teri Freesmeyer
    Hosts: The women of Abraham Lincoln UU Congregation, headed by co chairs, Meg Schnake and Brenda Wade.

    The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. -- Thich Nhat Han

    Pilgrim Park near Princeton, Illinois, just off I-80, is an oasis of peace and green with a rustic and natural setting, lovely chapel with trees all around, pleasant staff, wholesome food and comfortable accommodations. On June 4-6, 2010 add your SISTERS to the mix.

    UU Women’s Connection promises pampering and de-stressing with a spa for body and soul.

    Take advantage of our retreat payment plan; request a scholarship; make it a girl friend getaway or go it alone. However you do it...plan to join us for the most relaxing, reasonably priced retreat for women in 2010!
    Download our Save the Date Flyer
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  • Women's Rights? What does the UUA say?

    The Unitarian Universalist Association has a history of supporting women's rights. The Clara Barton Washington Internship for Women's Issues was endowed by generous contributions from the UU Women's Federation and other supporters.

    To learn more Click Here

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