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ESWoW Newsletter - March 31, 2012
- From the Leader - Keep Your Laws Off My Body
- Community Call - Monday, April 2, 2012 - Womb Raiders
From the Leader
Keep Your Laws Off My Body
Susan Rose writes about women's reproductive rights, a subject that is surprisingly prominent in the news these days.
ESWoW Community Call with Catherine Bordeau
Catherine Bordeau joins our ESWoW Community Call to share her knowledge and expertise about women's reproductive rights.
"First, an understanding of reproductive rights includes that women should have the right to her own reproductive decision-making, including voluntary choice in marriage, family formation and determination of the number, timing and spacing of her children and the right to have access to the information and means needed to exercise voluntary choice.
Second, a more specific priority includes the right to sexual and reproductive security, including freedom from sexual violence and coercion, and the right to privacy. Read more »
Keep Your Laws Off My Body
Women's reproductive rights in America. We thought the books had all been written. That's how it seemed when I was at Powell's Bookstore in Portland, OR. (How's that for subtle name-dropping?) a few days ago looking in the Women's Reproductive Rights section (yes, they are that big that they have a special section - 3 shelves worth). The most current book I found dealing with reproductive rights and women's bodies was from 2004 - The Boundaris of Her Body.
Contraception in all forms became legal in the US decads ago and abortion was legalized in 1973. Don't want to use contraception? Don't. Happen to be lesbian or gay - don't even need to think about contraception. Against abortion? Don't have one, as the bumper sticker says.
Sure there's been backlash over the years, people saying that abortion is taking lives. Interesting that so many of those who are against abortion are for the death penalty, for war. A bit of hypocrysy here? You bet. I have more respect and understanding of people who say that all taking of life is wrong, but I disagree with them saying that other people can't make their own choices.
I thought we had settled that no one is really pro-abortion, and that the important aspect is a woman's ability to be able to make her own choices about her own body.
And then there are so many who are both against using contraception and against abortion - does that baffle you as much as it does me? Read more »
Womb Raiders and American Politics
ESWoW Community Call with Catherine Bordeau Read more »
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ESWoW Newsletter - March 16, 2012
- From the Leader - Barbara Raines meets Richard Feynman
- Community Calls - Sunday, March 18, 2012 and MONDAY, April 2, 2012
- Member Blogs - Promoting "In Defense of Smut"
- AEU Assembly - Albany, NY - June 14 -17
From the Leader
In her blog titled "Barbara Raines meets Richard Feynman", Susan Rose writes about her meeting Barbara Raines both as a young girl and then as a Leader-in-Training. She shares about what a creative person Barbara was, how she was dedicated to the Ethical Movement, and some of the organizations she helped create.
Community Calls Read more »
ESWoW Newsletter, August 5, 2011
- From the Leader - The Future of Ethical Culture
- Community Call August 7 - "Youth in Ethical Culture" Catherine Bordeau, Leader-in-Training
- Around the Movement - From Catherine Bordeua
- Dialogue Group Call - August 7 - Sally Leete
From the Leader
Susan writes about Catherine Bordeau, our newest (and youngest) Leader-in-Training. Catherine will be joining us for our Community Call on Sunday, August 7, 2011.
Community Call
Community Calls are a way we in ESWoW get to connect and hear each others' voices. This week we explore the Future of Ethical Culture - Youth in Ethical Culture, with Leader-in Training Catherine Bordeau.
Our calls take place at 12m Pacific Time, 1pm Mountain, 2pm Central and 3pm Eastern Time. The # for the call is 866-740-1260 and the access code is 5766842#. Please invite anyone who might be interested in the topic to join us. For safety reasons we suggest that you not drive while participating in our calls.
Around the Movement
Catherine Bordeau at the Westchester Society on Navigating Growth in Community - This video is on the ESWoW website homepage - please go to the video tab and scroll down to watch Catherine.
Dialogue Group Call- Sally Leete Read more »
ESWoW Newsletter, July 16, 2011
- From the Leader - Ethical Inspiration - Hugh Taft-Morales
- Community Call for July 17 cancelled
- Community Call August 7 - "Youth in Ethical Culture" Catherine Bordeau, Leader-in-Training
- Dialogue Group Call July 17
From the Leader
Hugh Taft-Morales shares an article, Ethical Inspiration, originally written for the Baltimore Ethical Society based on a Platform he gave there in May. I hope you will be as inspired as I was.
Community Calls
Community Calls are a way that we can connect with each other more closely - we can hear each other's voices and learn a bit more about each other. Our calls have been on the first and third Sundays of each month, in the afternoon. At our meeting with ESWoW people at the recent AEU Assembly, there was the suggestion that we might try other times such as Sunday evenings, or weekdays. I'd like to have your input about times might work well for you, keeping in mind that we need times that are workable across the US.
No Community Call on July 17 - we've been having a low turn-out, so we're going to just have calls on the first Sundays of the month for the summer.
Please join us on August 7 for Catherine Bordeau, Leader-in-Training, working at the Brooklyn Society. She will be talking to us about her visions for the future of Ethical Culture, particularly incorporating a younger audience than we often reach.
Dialogue Group - from Sally Leete Read more »
