The Women’s Alliance of Dallas issued a statement after the Supreme Court’s decision on Women’s Reproductive Rights. The statement cite s abortion as a human right and sees it as a religious freedom issue. The s tatement contends that women need access to legal and safe means to termina te pregnancies. Abortion access is a matter of equal rights which impacts w omen’s education, healthcare, and economic success. Without access, the pri vacy of the individual is imperiled and causes a negative impact on society as a whole.
“I look at fear not as cowardice, but as a call forward, a summons to fight for what we hold dear,” Amanda Gorman, Nationa l Youth Poet Laureate.
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Keynote Speaker
The Beauty in the Ashes: The Life of a Phoenix
“W e have many challenges in life that break us down; seemingly, like ashes. Y et, we have tools within us that give us the ability to rise from those ash es and be the amazing, gifted people we are called to this time to be. Rise from your ashes – be the Phoenix.” Rev. Deneen is the minister of the Unit arian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff. Prior to joining the UU community, she served for 15 years at Living Faith Covenant Church while also serving as the Health and Wholeness Minister for the Fellowship of Affirming Minist ries (TFAM), which took her to East Africa where she taught reproductive ju stice and worked with women impacted by HIV. She now serves as the Spiritua l Policy Director for the National Birth Equity Collaborative.
Conference Musician
Rev. Kiya He artwood is an award-winning singer/songwriter and composer.
She is th e minister at the UU Church of the Brazos Valley in Bryan, Tx.
Chaplain
Rev. Beth Dana is Minister of Faith Development at First Unitarian Chu rch of Dallas, TX. She grew up Unitarian Universalist and has served our mo vement in many ways including as a Youth Ministry Associate for the UUA and on the Board of the UU Women’s Federation.
This will be her third SW UUW Conference, and she’s excited to welcome everyone to Dallas!
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The Satin Dolls BandEntertainment
The Satin Dolls Band performs classic jazz favorites, blues, Broadway, R&B, smooth jazz, original compositions and retro-pop with a jazz twist. The band’s name is a nod to the 1953 jazz song Satin Doll, composed by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyric s by Johnny Mercer. The core band is Carolyn Lee Jones (vocalist), Rebecca Cordes (piano) Peggy Honea (bass) Ann MacMillan (drum set) and Joyce Spencer (sax/flute/vocals).
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