ABOUT US
The Women’s Rights Group is open to all members of the community. The group is currently focused on Women’s Reproductive Justice. Our current goal is approval of the following resolution at the All Congregation Meeting in May.
We will be holding two Zoom Town Halls – one on May 3 at 7:00 pm and one on May 20 at 8:30 am.
We are also working on identifying women’s reproductive rights advocates to speak at Forum events and we are working to partner with the local Planned Parenthood on volunteer opportunities.
We meet in the morning on the first and third Saturdays of the month. For more information about the group and to get on the UUSF Women’s Rights Group mailing list, please send an email to judy.l.strachan@gmail.com.
MEETINGS
Rosie The Riveter National Historical Park welcomes all persons for a family-friendly visit.
Saturday, September 23 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm with an optional lunch nearby after the museum trip.
Meet at UUSF at 9:30 am for a carpool (drivers required!) or at the museum at 10:30 a.m. Rosie The Riveter National Historical Park is located in Richmond, California at 1414 Harbour Way South, Suite 3000.
The term “Rosie,” taken from her first name, came to symbolize all women who continued to fill what had previously been men's factory jobs, maintaining the company's labor force as thousands of men fought overseas. During peak production at Willow Run assembly plant, up to one third of the workforce consisted of women.
MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 2023
Minutes WRG Meeting. Attendees: Linda Harris, Bick Simpson, Susan Anthony, Katie Anthony, Louise Diskerud, Lori Lai, Judy Strachan, Kimberly Gila, Margaret Levitt
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Generous donations to SACReD (Spiritual Alliance of Communities for Reproductive Dignity) have enabled UUSF to become one of SACReD’s sponsors at its initial virtual conference, Jan. 25 and 26. At the time of the meeting, a $500 donation from the minister’s discretionary fund put the church at the gold sponsorship level; another $500 donation would entitle the church to a platinum sponsorship level with the privilege of inviting 10 interested participants. Anyone still interested in donating can make out a check to UUSF and mailed it it to UUSF, 1187 Franklin St., S.F., 94109 by tshe following Tues., Jan. 18, also email Laura Ludwig (lludwig@uusf.org) it is on its way. Carlowe Connelly volunteered to write an article re SACReD and send it the following: Linda Harris, who noted that many UUSF members have supporting women’s reproductive rights for some time; Bruce Neuberger of UUSF HRWG; Joe Chapot of Young Adult Group, Marty Vanderlaan of the Men’s Group; and Rolene Walker of the Quaker group. As of the meeting, Rolene, Julia, Lori, Elaine and Linda planned to attend the SACReD conference. Individuals could register https://justtx.org/sacred/
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The next issue to be discussed was the UUSF Forum’s offer to the Women’s Group to host one forum per quarter that would inform others what the group was going, by means of either a guest speaker or some of its own members. SACReD’s co-founder Daniel C. Kantor has volunteered to speak at the group’s first of such forums, along with a woman lawyer among his associates.
Next to be covered was whether UUSF should become a designated Reproductive Freedom Congregation. This process, which is described at https://justtx.org/rfc/, calls upon the congregation to affirm publicly to: trust and respect women; to promise that those who attend our congregation will be free from stigma, shame and judgement regarding reproductive decisions, including abortion; and to believe access to comprehensive and affordable reproductive health services is a moral and social good. Those present, who included Lori Lai, Elaine Pratt, Merle Easton, Rolene Walker, Sue Anthony, Carlowe Connelly, Nancy Noah-Bear, Julia Wald, and Linda Harris, agreed that this process will involve educating the congregation as well as voting upon the principles in a congregational meeting.
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