Join the Gender Issues Justice Team after coffee on Sunday, June 23rd to watch the Oscar winning documentary short about women leading a quiet sexual revolution in India. Discussion will follow. “The film follows a group of women in Hapur India, as they learn how to operate a machine that makes low-cost, biodegradable sanitary pads, […]
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Social Justice invites everyone to film by Jewish filmmaker Alice Rothchild, with shorts and discussion on Wednesday, May 29, from 2-4:30pm at the Guilford Library (67 Park Street). Highlights: Refugee/immigration issues for Jews and Palestinians through the Nakba (forced eviction of Palestinians from their land), a 102-yr-old refugee crisis in which one refugee group was
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Meet the most recent recipients of micro-loans through KIVA. Farhan of Multan, Pakistan is a 24-year-old man who opened a school believing that he could help the disadvantaged gain a strong foothold in this society by providing a quality education. He has a total of 179 students enrolled in his school; 57% are female students. He
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The Gender Issues Justice Team has selected the CT Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) to be the May recipient of our Share The Plate Offering. We will have a representative from CWEALF at our service this Sunday and will be at coffee hour to answer any questions. It is a statewide nonprofit organization that
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The Gender Issues Justice Team encourages our members and friends to attend the Women’s Health and Rights Lobby Day in Hartford on Wednesday, May 1 at the Legislative Office Building. This event is sponsored by Planned Parenthood. Click here for more info.
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We hope you can join us for a “Potluck and Program” this coming Sunday, February 24: 11:30am – 12:30pm Potluck, in the coffee room 12:30pm – 2:00pm Presentation by our guest speaker, Dr. Don Rankin, in the meeting room “Slavery in America and the Underground Railroad” Dr. Rankin, who has biracial family ties, will chronicle
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Hope you can make time for a “Potluck and Program”- Sunday, February 24, 11:30 – 12:30pm for the potluck in the coffee room and our guest speaker Don Rankin will present his program in the meeting room from 12:30-2pm. Events & Activities will host a Potluck Lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the Sunday Service.
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Potluck at 5:30pm and movie at 7pm- “I Am Not Your Negro” is a 2016 documentary film based on James Baldwin’s unfinished manuscript. Narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin’s reminiscences of civil rights leaders and his own experiences. Please contact Bill Stuart,
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WOW! Just WOW, folks! You outdid yourselves in generosity to Covenant to Care in December! You donated more than $715 in cash offerings and another $1,000 in gift cards! Thanks to your generosity, Joseph, “our” social worker at CT Alliance of Foster and Adoptive Families, was able to help out families he thought he would
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