Join us for our regular meeting this Friday, March 27 at noon at the Food Bank. We will "clown around" with the head of Mott Campus Clowns service learning program.
Hanging Out with Rotarians for Thirsty Thursday
Rotarians and friends hanging at Tia Helita's for Thirsty Thursday
Jim Couture and Jerry Knoodle engage in some friendly rivalry
Thanks to all who joined us for this month's Thirsty Thursday on March 19. Our next one will be on April 16 from 5-7 pm at Queens' Provisions.
Women's History Month- Legacies of Leadership and Courage
As we near the end of March, which is Women's History Month, here are a few of the many, many women who have helped shape our world. You can check out dozens more at the National Women's History Museum.
Audrey Faye Hendricks
As a 9-year-old living in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement, Audrey Faye Hendricks showed exceptional courage. After attending community meetings with her parents, she made the decision to be part of demonstrations where she was arrested for parading without a permit. She is the youngest person known to have been arrested in the movement.
Elouise Cobell Yellow Bird Woman
Growing up on the Blackfeet Reservation, Elouise Cobell Yellow Bird Woman observed that there seemed to be a gap between the revenue the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, which managed indigenous lands, was collecting and the services being provided to residents. She went to college and studied accounting and used her expertise to expose a century of mismanagement. She successfully sued the Bureau for $3.4 billion.
Jeannette Rankin
Four years before women's right to vote was recognized, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress. After successfully organizing in Montana to adopt women's suffrage at the state level, she campaigned for and won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916. She was a pacifist who warned against imperialist impulses and corporate power.
Dolores Huerta
Standing at the intersection of race, gender, and class, Dolores Huerta organized agricultural workers into the United Farm Workers. Her activism started in the 1950s with efforts to register Latinos to vote and increase economic opportunity. It continues today as she stands for women's rights and against sexual exploitation.
