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NAACP: The Struggle Continues

By Lunette Howell, Betty Valentine

NAACP Editorial Team

 

“MARCH FOR OUR LIVES” led by the Youth of NWO and YWCA I Rise program on Saturday, March 24, 2018, 2:00 - 4:00 P.M.

Toledo NAACP is partnering with the YWCA and other local groups to protest against violence in our schools and communities.  The march will leave from Promenade Park on Water Street marching to the Government Center. This supports a national march held the same day across our country. Please join us Saturday!!

 

March is Women’s History Month and we want to congratulate some of our Board members who have made a difference in our community.

-       Beatrice Daniels, our ACT-SO Chairperson was recently invited by Nancy Pelosi to Washington, D.C. for a dinner honoring our Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.

 

-       Theresa Gabriel, National NAACP Golden Life Board and Security Team, will be honored this month at the Jesup W. Scott High School Alumni Association Hall of Fame.

 

-       Darlene Sweeney-Newbern, our Legal Redress Chairperson has been promoted to the position of Statewide Director of Regional Operations for Ohio Civil Rights Commission and moving to Columbus, Ohio.

 

-       Willie Ann Moore, 3rd Vice President and State Education Chairperson is being honored at the YWCA Milestones Award this month.

 

A Lot of History for Women in America and the World!

 

The celebration of Women’s History Month initially began as an extension of International Women’s Day (a socialist movement) and later an extension of Women’s History Week. The socialist movement carried the day forward to many nations and in 1975 it was adopted by the United Nations. During the 1970s women in California began a campaign designed to inform the public about the contributions of women to society. Their efforts led to the establishment of Women’s History Month and they decided it should be held around the same time as International Women’s Day which was already focused on women and had an established audience.

 

One of the original California organizers, Molly Murphy MacGregor, brought forth their work while attending a Women’s History Institute conference in New York City and the celebration soon spread across the country. President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the first national Women’s History Week for March 2-8, 1980. President Ronald Reagan followed the proclamation and in 1987 Congress passed a proclamation that saw the week evolve into Women’s History Month.

 

The history of women in America dates back to its establishment as a nation. From 1804 when the Shoshone Indian, Sacagawea, led Lewis and Clark across the Louisiana Territory; when Florence Nightingale brought nursing to a profession during the Civil War; when women moved from nurses to soldiers in the military; when Bessie Coleman became the first African-American woman to get a pilot’s license and Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to go to space; when  Susan B. Anthony and Eleanor Roosevelt fought for suffrage and the passage of the 19th amendment, when females moved from the kitchen to the political arena. Females have worked hard and diligently to move this country forward and to gain equality in every aspect of our daily lives. The status of women has once again gained momentum and Women’s History Month is a wonderful time to reflect on our accomplishments!

 

Regional Water Forums are currently being held in each City Council District. The purpose of the meetings are to understand the impact of a regional water system that will include Toledo, Lucas County, Perrysburg, Maumee and other suburbia locations. In previous articles we talked about the power of the vote and now is a good time to educate yourself as to what impact this will have on you as a residential customer.  Will your water rates increase, decrease, or stay the same?  How will rates for customers in Toledo compare to rates in surrounding areas?  And most important how will this affect our Seniors and other customers

on a fixed income?

 

If you haven’t attended a meeting regarding the Regional Water system yet…….there’s still time!  Members of City Council and other community leaders will be there to answer your questions and concerns.  You decide how to vote on this very important issue in November! 

 

Remainder of Regional Water Meeting dates:

-       Thursday, March 22, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. District 6, Friendship Park Community Center, 2930 - 131st Street

-       Monday , March 26, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., District 1, Gesu Sullivan Center, 2049 Parkside Blvd.

-       Thursday, March 29, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. District 4, Nexus Healthcare, 1415 Jefferson Ave.

 

Join the NAACP - $30/year for adult memberships and $15/year for youth under 20 years of age. View our website at www.naacptoledo.org. Next meeting date April 10, 2018, 7:00 p.m. at Mott Branch Library.

 

 
   
   


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