BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:935@wlcj.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T210000 DTSTAMP:20240130T203744Z URL:https://www.wlcj.org/events/kehiliah/ SUMMARY:WL Kehiliah DESCRIPTION:[This Program is scheduled on Eastern Time Zone]\n\nSisters in Faith: Advocating for Civil Rights\n\n\n‘I'd like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free and\nwanted other people to be also free.’\ n— Rosa Parks\, civil rights pioneer\, and face of the Montgomery bus bo ycott\n \;\nPlease join us as we continue to explore the history of th e Civil Rights Movement. \;While it really began in 1865 with the Thir teenth Amendment when slavery was abolished in the United States\, our foc us will be on the 1950s and 60s in which there was an organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under t he law. \;Many people of conscience\, from all races and faiths joined . This includes the cherished connection shared between the Black and Jewi sh communities. \;\n \;\nWho were those sisters in faith? \;Wh at was their involvement in the Civil Rights Movement? \;\nPlease join us on \;Thursday\, February 8th\, as we explore the activism of women during the 50s and 1960s as they worked toward a shared goal of equality. Explore with us the effect/s of Jewish and Black women activists of the m ovement then and now.\n \;\nListed below is the title and very brief d escription of the last remaining program in the series. Each program has b een a standalone program which can be attended individually or as part of the series. \;It will culminate with the trip\, Voices of Change: A WL CJ Civil Rights Journey. ALL WLCJ members are invited to attend the progra ms\, regardless of whether they intend to participate in the trip. You may register for each program individually or the last two of them at the sam e time.\n \;\nThursday\, March 7th \;at 7:30 – 8:45 pm ET: \ ;Looking at the Larger Picture: \;Other Places to Explore \;\n– Travel virtually with us to locations\, museums\, and monuments meaningful to the civil rights movement.\n \;\n\nRegistration is open to WL memb ers (in the USA &\; Canada)\, you must log in (https://www.wlcjmembers. org/member_login.php) to register for each class session. If you need assi stance\, please contact the office (405) 870-1260.\n\n\n \;\nParticipa tion in this program is a benefit of your membership. \;\n\n \;\nQ uestions?\nFran Hildebrandt\nWL Kehilah Co-Chair\nfhildebrandt@wlcj.org\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wlcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ WL-Kehilah-feb-8-website-1.png CATEGORIES:Featured END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR