Former ND Governor George "Bud" Sinner will share his thoughts on spirituality and public policy. Thoughts that first crystallized in speeches given to the Park City water conferences in the late 1980s have evolved into a vision for ND and the nation grounded in understanding one another, taking responsibility for our actions now, and respecting the totality of the prism of Truth.
Margaret Sanger was jailed for opening the first birth control clinic in the United States in 1916. She organized the American Birth Control league and undertook the seven-year campaign to change the federal Comstock Law, a law that made dissemination of birth control information illegal from 1873 until 1936. She coined the term "birth control" in the pages of her publication The Woman Rebel; and she spent her life bring the message of birth control to the world, including a 10,000 mile tour around India. The presentation will highlight Sanger's personal life and the Golden Age of American Radicalism out of which her work grew.
For more than 65 years Alice McGrath has been a social justice advocate. She will speak to us about some highlights in her life, one of which was the infamous trial called the Sleepy Lagoon Case, which was the basis for the play and film Zoot Suit. On April 6, 2005 she began her 89th year and is still active. FMUU member Daniel Schechter is her son.
FMUU Annual Meeting and Lunch
Using UUA principles as a lens, Marcia and Jim Kowske will focus on RISES, a 501C3 nonprofit, whose members work in close collaboration with families living in poverty in northeastern El Salvador to identify root causes of poverty in the region and alleviate and eliminate their effect. Successes are demonstrable and progress has been steady though much still needs to be accomplished.
Last service of the year
Women's Choir sings