Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Feminist for Life at USI on October 17
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The University’s Newman Catholic Student Ministry is hosting a presentation by Sally A. Winn, senior communications specialist for Feminists for Life of America, at 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 17, in Carter Hall in the University Center. Winn will present “Refuse to Choose: Reclaiming Feminism.” According to a release from Feminists for Life, the organization was founded in 1972 and “continues the efforts of the early American feminists, including Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, to systematically eliminate the root causes that drive women to abortion by facilitating practical solutions. FFL has emerged as the link between the pro-life and pro-choice organizations, working on legislative efforts such as child support enforcement and the Violence Against Women Act, and opposing the child exclusion provisions in welfare reform.” Recent efforts by the organization on college campuses have inspired the introduction of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Pregnant and Parenting Student Services Act. The bill, which has already passed the House of Representatives, would provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education to establish student services offices for students who are pregnant or parenting, students anticipating a birth or adoption, and students who place a child for adoption. Winn has served on many state and local Right to Life boards and went on to become the executive director of Democrats for Life of America and Women and Children First, the largest provider of pro-life information on the Internet. She later chaired the National Pro-Life Democrats Committee and was a board member of the Feminism and Nonviolence Studies Association. The lecture is underwritten by a grant from Indiana Right to Life and Vanderburgh County Right to Life. For more information, contact Christine Hoehn, director of USI Religious Life, at 812/465-7095. |
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