Women's Connection

CMwD UU Women's Connection

All women hustle. Women watch faces, voices, gestures, moods. The person who has to survive through cunning.

Marge Piercy

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) represents the interests of more than one thousand Unitarian Universalist congregations, on a continental scale. The UUA grew out of the consolidation, in 1961, of two religious denominations: the Universalists, organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, organized in 1825

http://www.uua.org/aboutus/

Single purposed 4ERA organization explores the Myths?and Facts about Equal Rights.

http://www.4era.org/myths.htm

UUWF is a continental membership organization that advances equity and justice for women through education and advocacy. It is an independent non-profit, 501 (c) (3) corporation and one of only three associate member organizations of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Inheritor of a proud tradition, UUWF was formed in 1963 through consolidation of the Association of Universalist Women (founded in 1869 and believed to be the first organization of lay church women in the United States) and the Alliance of Unitarian Women (1890).

http://www.uuwf.org/

The National Partnership for Women & Families is a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy group dedicated to promoting fairness in the workplace, access to quality health care and policies that help women and men create a balance between work and family responsibilities. For more information: /.

http://www.nationalpartnership.org

Cakes for the Queen of Heaven: In Ancient Timesa five-session religious education curriculum in feminist thealogy for adults and older youth by Shirley Ann Ranck. Trainings for this break-out feminisist curriculum are being conducted in the CMw District by a cooperative effort of the UU Women's Connection and the CMwD Women and Religion Committee. For all the latest on the train-the-trainer schedule or to order the curriculum check this link. Or have your questions answered by checking out the blog. E-mail for further information about training dates and locations: CakesTraining@uuwr.org

RELEASED THIS SUMMER:

Part II of the Cakes for the Queens of Heaven ON THE THRESHOLD, the six-session feminist curriculum, continues our journey into the past to reclaim the stories of powerful women to be found in ancient Judaism and in early Christianity. We will also look at the rise of patriarchal religion and society. Finally we will celebrate the exciting new thealogy that has emerged in our time, and explore the personal and social changes that may be suggest a new world-view. The complex process tells a new story celebrating women. Sessions are titled, "The Hebrew Goddess," "Sarah the Priestess," "The Apostle Mary," "The Virgin Mary," "Witchcraft," and "Future Fantasies."

http://www.CakesfortheQueenofHeaven.org

Experienced by hundreds of groups and individuals around the world since 1995, Rise Up and Call Her Name is a self-contained 13-session course that weaves together spiritual stories worldwide that honor female divinities. By focusing on artistic and intellectual tools which facilitate self development and personal integration, these stories become relevant and inspiring to the individuals participating.

http://www.riseupandcallhername.com/riseupcallhername.html

The Women's Media Center (WMC) Website. The WMC is the first of its kind. It's mission is to assure that women and women?s experiences are reflected in the media just as women are present everywhere in the real world; that women are represented as local, national, and global sources for and subjects of the media; and that women media professionals have equal opportunities for employment and advancement. This web site is the major online source for hyperlinks to women columnists and bloggers as well as media organizations and resources; it provides a Daily News Brief plus WMC Exclusives and Updates by media professionals and subject-specific experts.

http://www.womensmediacenter.com/

Check out this page for the National Organization of Women (NOW) to see Hot Topics, Issues, Campaigns and Events of interest to women.

http://www.now.org/index.html

The Mission of the Unitarian Universalist Association's Central Midwest District Women and Religion Committee is to support women in their search for the Inner Feminine Divine in an atmosphere of connectedness, safety, and joy.

http://www.womenandreligion.org

AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research.

http://www.aauw.org

Official site for the five state district of CMWD-UUA. Look for listing of congregations, calendar of events, newsletter and much more.

http://www.cmwd-uua.org

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. NOW has 500,000 contributing members and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society.

http://www.womensorganizations.org/

One of the largest women?s funds in the world, Chicago Foundation for Women believes that all women and girls in the Chicago metropolitan area have the opportunity to achieve their potential and to live in safe, just and healthy communities. The foundation supports the achievement of social justice through grantmaking and advocacy.

Since 1986, Chicago Foundation for Women has impacted social justice through advocacy, leadership development, and public and grantee education. In addition, they have awarded more than 2,000 grants totaling $12 million to hundreds of organizations that make life better for women and girls.

Their work is rooted in three principles of women?s human rights: economic self-sufficiency; freedom from violence; and access to health services and information. The Foundation?s core values include gender-specific funding, diversity, accessibility and choice.

http://www.cfw.org

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice was founded in 1973 to safeguard the newly won constitutional right to abortion. The Coalition founders were clergy and lay leaders from mainstream religions, many of whom had provided women with referrals to safe abortion services before the Supreme Court legalized abortion in Roe v. Wade. The founders believed that there would be at most a ten-year struggle to secure the right to choose. In fact the struggle is far from over. It has changed and intensified, and the stakes are growing.

http://www.rcrc.org

Check out this site prepared by Sara Carpenter, UU Women's Connection grantee. Guidance for the local congregation, organization or club to present PDL can be found on the site. For more information contact Sara directly.

http://www.projectdirtylaundry.org

The National Women's History Project is an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to recognize and celebrate the diverse and historic accomplishments of women by providing information and educational materials and programs.

http://www.nwhp.org/aboutnwhp/index.php

Protecting human rights for 65 years.

http://www.uusc.org

National Council of Women?s Organizations is a nonpartisan, nonprofit umbrella organization of groups that collectively represent over ten million women across the United States. The only national coalition of its kind, NCWO is a tax-exempt organization with twenty years' experience uniting American women's groups.

http://www.womensorganizations.org/

Becki Aud-Jennison Springfield, Illinois and Anna Fermin, Chicago are moms that rock.

http://www.momsthatrock.com/about-us.html