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Serving the womyn' s
community
since 1983
Elizabeth Alexander inaugural poem
Recited on January 20, 2009 after Barak Obama took his oath of office as 44th President of the United States
Praise Song for the Day
Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others' eyes or not, about to speak or
speaking.
All about us is noise . All about us in noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues.
Someone is stitching up a hem, darning a hole in a uniform, patching a tire, repairing the things in need of repair.
Someone is trying to make music somewhere with a pair of wooden spoons on an oil drum, with cello, boom box,
harmonica, voice.
A woman and her son wait for the bus.
pencils. Begin."
A farmer considers the changing sky.
A teacher says, "Take out your
We encounter each other in words, words spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed; words to consider,
reconsider.
We cross dirt roads and highways that mark the will of someone and then others who said, "I need to see what's
on the other side; I know there's something better down the road."
We need to find a place where we are safe. We walk into that which we cannot yet see.
Say it plain, that many have died for this day. Sing the names of the aead who brought us here, who laid the
train tracks, raised the bridges, picked the cotton and the lettuce, built brick by brick the glittering edifices they
would then keep clean and work inside of.
Praise song for struggle. Praise song for the day. Praise song for every hand-lettered sign, the figuring it out at
kitchen tables .
Some live by "Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Others by first do no harm, or take no more than you need.
What if the mightiest word is love. Love beyond marital, filial, national. Love that casts a widening pool of light.
Love with no need to preempt grievance.
In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything,can be made, any sentence begun .
On the brink, on the brim, on the cusp-praise song for walking forward in that light.
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open Saturdays from 1-5 pm. Call us at (405) 521-9696 or email us at herland@herlandsisters.org. Visit us on the web at
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report faults treatment of women held
at immigration centers in arizona
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by Dan Frosch, New York Times
Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in
Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread
mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of
Arizona, the latest report to cr iticize conditions at such
centers throughout the United States.
The study, which federal immigration officials criticized as
narrow and unsubstantiated, was conducted from August
2007 to August 2008 by the South-west Institute of Research
on Women, SIRW, and the James E. Rogers College of Law,
both at U. of A. The report was released January 13.
Researchers examined the conditions facing women in the
process of deportation proceedings at 3 federal immigration
centers in Arizona . An estimated 3,000 women are being
held nationwide.
The study concluded that immigration authorities were too
aggressive in detaining the women, who rarely posed a flight
risk, and that as a result they experienced severe hardships,
including lack of prenatal care, treatment for cancer,
ovarian cysts and other serious medical conditions. In some
cases they endured being mixed with federal prisoners.
Nina Rabin, of SIRW, and immigration lawyer who led the
study, observed that life was made more difficult for those
who were pregnant or had recently given birth.
To learn more about the t reatment of women and gays in
imm igration detention centers, call 202-595-8990 or see
www.immigrantsolidarity.org
FEBRUARY
Meet your friends at Herland
Check out the new magazines
CD's and books!
1 to 4 every Saturday
Tuesday the 3rd, OKC PF LAG
Church of the Open Arms, 7 pm
Monday the gth, OGLPC
Monthly meeting
Neighborhood Alliance 7 pm
Friday the 13th OKC Food Banks
Meeting, Boys & Girls Club, Memorial Park, NW 36th and Western, 11:30-1:30 972-1111
Saturday the 14th
Herland Red & White Party
Church of the Open Arms
3131 N Penn, 7-11, $4
Sunday the 15th Herland Board
Meeting 4 pm
Thursday the 19th OKC LGBT
Community Center planning
meeting, 6 pm
Church of the Open Arms
Saturday the 21st Herl and work
day, building & grounds 1-4 pm
Saturday the 21st Norman Mardi
Gras Parade, downtown at 6:30
RETREATS! RETREATS!
MAY 15 -17 Roman Nose State Park
Herland Spring Retreat
Tara H. will be performing Sat. night. Bring your
dancin' shoes for Latin dance lessons, & get ready
for another game of Musical Bras!
October 23-25 Eufau la State Park
Herland Fall Retreat
Sunday the 22nd Academy
Awards Watch Party, 7 pm
The Copa Club, in the Habana
Inn (Watch "MILK" sweep the
Oscars)
MARCH
Saturday the 7th, Herl and Potluck Supper, Dr. Martha Skeeters speaks on ERA Arch ives at
University of Oklahoma
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"Milk" may be all over Oscars
On February 22 the Academy Awards will be watched with
particular enthusiasm, as the film "Milk", about the life
and times of Harvey Milk, was nominated for 5 of the top
categories! A maximum of 5 films are nominated for each
category.
take paws
From OUTLOOK Weekly
Pet-Friendly Accommodations Worldwide (PAW) has researched the pet
pol icies of luxury hotels, for easy access on the internet.
A surprising number of luxury hotels
have become pet-friendly, allowing
your pet to sleep in the hotel room
w ith you, some not charging any
fees . PAW can tell you which ones
offer comp limentary pet guests,
weight restrictions, and even amenities like a toy or treat.
"Milk" was
nominated for Best
Picture; Best Original
Screenplay, by Dustin
Lance Black;
Best Director, Gus
Van Sant; Best
Supporting Actor,
Josh Brolin; and Best
Actor, Sean Penn.
Most hotels provide a pet bed, water
and food bowls, and treats.
The film was in
limited release in Oklahoma, due to the over-the-top Gay
content, as Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected
official in the U.S. He was a City Supervisor for the city of
San Francisco, murdered by Dan White, a fellow
supervisor, and found in his office by Dianne Feinstein,
also a supervisor, and now Senator from California .
In a review by OUTLOOK Weekly, Gregg Shapiro observes
"Van Sant makes excellent use of vintage footage, from
the opening credits featuring gay bar raids, to the scenes
from the 1970's and the ongoing struggle for gay rights ."
The Copa Club at the Habana Inn will host a watch party
for the Oscars on Sunday, February 22, at 7 pm .
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The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum is
asking friends to sign a petition to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) asking it to reverse the
newly imposed Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination
mandate for immigrant women and girls.
The CDC has recommended that Gardasil, the only FDA
approved HPV vaccine, be administered to females ages 11
to 26 in the U.S. This recommendation became an
automatic requirement for those applying for immigrant
visas or ac!j ustment to permanent residency status when
the government updated its vaccination list in July 2008 .
Contact Nancy Chung at nchung@ napawf.org
Janine Franceschi, owner of PAW,
and her Irish setter, Beau, have been
touring the country gathering this
information first hand. Search for
available hotels and book
a room at
www. Luxurypaw. com
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Some will look kinda fancy in their sparkly threads.
Others decked out in checks, stripes, diamonds or HEARTS
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remembering legends we lost in 2008
Odetta
Rosa Parks was her No.
1 fan, and Martin
Luther King Jr . called
her the queen of
American folk music.
Odetta's stage presence
was regal enough:
planted onstage I ike an
oak tree no one would
dare cut down, wearing
a guitar high on her
chest, she could envelop Carnegie Hall with her
powerful contralto as other vocalists might fill a
phone booth. This was not some pruny European
monarch but a stout, imperious queen of AfricanAmerican music. She used that amazing
instrument to bear witness to the pain and
perseverance of her ancestors. Some folks sing
songs . Odetta testified .
Her death on Dec. 2 in New York City at 77 from
heart failure, coupled with that of South African
singer Miriam Makeba three weeks ago, writes
finis and fulfillment to 50 years of pursuing selfdetermination through song, of spreading the
word through music. Her resonance was literal,
political - few civ il rights rallies of the early '60s
were complete without an Odetta rendition of
"We Shall Overcome".
For Odetta and many other survivors of the civi l
rights movement, the election of Barack Obama
as President signaled a fu lfil ling chapter in the
struggle . As she sank toward death in New York
City, Odetta had an Obama poster taped on the
wal l across from her bed. TIME MAGAZINE
Mildred Lov ing
In a Supreme Court ruling in 1967, Mildred Loving
and her husband struck down the last group of
segregation laws to remain on the books-those
requi r ing separation of the races in marriage.
Loving called herself "an accidental crusader",
just wanting to marry the man she loved. The
Lovings were married in 1958, but were forced to
live in separate residences until
1963, when Mildred was inspired
by the civil rights movement to
take action . She wrote to
Attorney General Robert Kennedy
for help. He referred her to the
ACLU, and its lawyers climbed
the high hills to get her freedom.
Justice Warren wrote, "We have
consistently denied the
constitutionality of measures
which restrict the rights of
citizens on account of race." Loving died May 2.
NY TIMES
Dottie Coll ins
Pitching for six seasons in the All-American Girls
Baseba ll League, Collins dazzled opposing batters
with her underhand, sidearm, curveball, fastball,
overhand, and changeup. The league was
formed in 1943, Collinsjoined the Minneapolis
Millerettes in 1945, and in the summer of 1948
she pitched until she was four months pregnant.
She threw 17 shutouts, and had a league-leading
293 strikeouts in 1945 for the Fort Wayne Daisies .
Collins greatest contribution to women's basebal l
may have come when its ball clubs had almost
been forgotten. In 1987,
Collins helped form an
association of former
players in the league . She
drew on her contacts to
provide the Baseball Hall of
Fame, in Cooperstown,
N.Y., with memorabilia from
the league, spurring
creation of its Women in
Baseball exhibit in 1988.
' Now an en larged,
permanent collection, the exhibit inspired the
1992 Hollywood movie "A League of Their Own,"
a reprise of women's pro-baseball during World
War II. Dottie died at age 84 in August . NY
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