April 27, 2010 : United Church of Christ, Congregational
At the monthly Senior Luncheon, Justice Betty Roberts will talk about “Women and Equality - Then and Now”, and then have a discussion with the audience based on their questions and comments.
The publc is invited. The lunch is at noon, with a $4 minimum donation, and advance reservation required. The program will begin at 12:35 - there is no charge and no advance notice required for the program portion.
Time: noon - 1:30 PM
Location: 2032 College Way, Forest Grove
Contact: Dottie Waltz, dottiewaltz@gmail.com
“With Grit and By Grace, Breaking Trails in Politics and Law, A Memoir” will be available for purchase and signing by the author, Betty Roberts ($24.95, check or cash).
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February 3rd, 2010 at 10:31 am
Betty,
I emailed the following to the Senior Luncheon Committee members, and also to the pastor of our church, Jennifer Yocum (now giving a three-part sermon series on what marrage means to her as an openly lesbian minister/person), the moderator (president) of our congregation, Ken Prickett, as secretary, Elena Parker, and our church program coordinator, Audrey Ouellette. I am cc this to Dian too. I took a spreadsheet class from her at Oasis yesterday. She also stayed 1/2 after class and helped me get some data from a spreadsheet to a data base for mailing labels. Much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Dale Feik
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Betty Roberts, first woman Oregon Supreme Court judge and former Oregon legislator, will be our featured speaker at our Senior Luncheon , Tue, April 27. Betty Roberts has a web page that lists her upcoming events. She has already listed her speaking engagement at FGUCC. I would hope that we could disseminate that web page to interested people – PU, other churches, others?, members of our congregation who are not seniors but who may want to attend the lecture at 12:30. At any rate following is her web address. Once you get to the home page then click on the FGUCC link, the words describing her coming to FGUCC.
http://bettyroberts.net/
Note: Betty Roberts evolved into a very liberal feminist ‘the belief that women are inherently equal to men’ has been a lifetime lodestone for Roberts. She writes frankly about her own path toward extending her personal liberal principles of equality to incorporate sexual orientation; she eventually performed Oregon’s first same-sex marriages in Multnomah County,” quoted from her web page.
Another quote form her web page, “After moving on to the Senate in 1968, she fought for unrestricted access to abortion (ultimately contributing to the passage of a more limited legalization of abortion) and was instrumental in getting the Senate to adopt a bill barring racial and sex-based discrimination. She worked relentlessly on behalf of education and helped to steer Oregon’s innovative bottle-deposit bill…”
Her story is very compelling. I have read her book, With Grit and By Grace. If you would want to borrow it as background information for your upcoming marriage sermons, Jennifer, I will loan it to you.
Best regards,
Dale F.