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Serving the womyn's
community
since 1983
Her/and Voice
Alright Women-Who's Ready For The Spring Retreat?
A
s you may have heard, this year's Spring Retreat will be at Roman
Nose State Park, May 14 - 16. The retreat begins at 4pm on Friday
and lasts until noon on Sunday. Your registration includes lodging in
a cabin for Friday and Saturday nights, dinner on Friday, scrumptious
breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday mornings, Saturday night Potluck Dinner
(bring or plan on making your favorite culinary dish to share), all workshops
and group camp activities, and the Saturday night concert.
This retreat promises to be extra special, with the Saturday night concert featuring Kristie Stremel, an incredible singer /songwriter from the Kansas City
area, currently recording
her fourth CD. Others
who have experienced
Kristie's performances
have said "Kristie
Stremel is a jolt of what
rock-n-roll should be-a
powerful voice dripping
with passion and heartache accompanied by a
driving beat and stellar
guitars." - GoGirls Music,
and "Stremel is a rock-nroll Buddha, pure zen
and pure passion." - The
Zone. You can check her out for yourself at www.kristiestremel.com. Other
events to look forward to include, but are certainly not limited to: The Friday Night Meet and Greet, a Bread Making Workshop led by Ginger (bring a
loaf pan if you can - all other ingredients will be provided), a Salsa Dancing
Workshop, an empowering workshop , led by Rev. Dr. Kathy McCallie entitled
"Keeping Girls in School in Nicaragua", an always entertaining Open Mic,
and Mesmerizing Campfires each evening.
You are also encouraged to bring any sporting equipment, games or crafts,
that you would like to share with others. If you'd like to lead a workshop,
just call one of the numbers below. The greatest thing about the retreat is
that you can do as few or as many of the planned activities as you
choose!
In addition to all the Herland Retreat activities, the state park offers horse-
Herland Supper Club
Saturday May 8
5:30 pm
Cocina de Mino
12325 N May
Foil owed by a Movie
at Northpark Cinema
12100 N May
Cocina De Mino Restaurante
Mexicano offers patrons a perfect blend of excellent service
and a vibrant and lively atmosphere, along with Oklahoma
City's finest Tex-Mex cuisine.
Join us for dinner at 5:30 and
then go to a movie with us at
the Northpark Cinema (movie is
only $1.50!).
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The Herland Voice is a publication of Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th, OKC, OK 73112. Our bookstore/lending library is 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 www.herlandsisters .org .
Wilma Mankiller, First Woman Chief of Cherokee
Nation, 1945-2010
Wilma Mankiller was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the
Cherokee Nation, on November 18, 1945. Her father was Charlie Mankiller, a Cherokee, and her mother was Irene Mankiller, who was of
Dutch-Irish ancestry. Wilma had four sisters and six brothers. Her
great-grandfather was one of the more than sixteen thousand Native
Americans and African slaves who were ordered by President Andrew
Jackson (1767-1845)
to walk the Trail of
Tears that led to the
deaths of at least
four thousand of
them.
The Mankillers were
very poor in Oklahoma. Charlie Mankiller thought he
could make a better
life for them in California and accepted
a government offer
to relocate. However, promises that
were made to the
family were not
kept, money did not
arrive, and there
was often no em~_..;.,--....;;,,.,,J ployment available,
so their life did not improve after their arrival in San Francisco. The
children were also homesick.
As Mankiller recalled in her autobiography, called Mankiller: A Chief
and Her People, "I experienced my own Trail of Tears when I was a
young girl. No one pointed a gun at me or at members of my family. No
show of force was used. It was not necessary. Nevertheless, the United
States government, through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was again
trying to settle the 'Indian problem' by removal. I learned through this
ordeal about the fear and anguish that occur when you give up your
home, your community, and everything you have ever known to move
far away to a strange place . I cried for days, not unlike the children
who had stumbled down the Trail of Tears so many years before. I
wept tears ... tears from my history, from my tribe's past. They were
Cherokee tears."
In 1983 Ross Swimmer, then principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of
Oklahoma, asked Mankiller to be his deputy chief in the election .
While campaigning she was surprised by the criticism she received-not
for her stand on any particular issue, but simply because she was a
woman . Swimmer and Mankiller won the election and took office in
August. In 1985, Swimmer was nominated to head the Bureau of Indian
Affairs in Washington, D.C. Mankiller was sworn in to replace him as
principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. She focused on education and
health care, overseeing the construction of new schools, job-training
centers, and health clinics. She was freely elected in 1987, and re-
elected again in 1991 in a landslide victory, collecting 83% of the vote.
Mankiller faced many obstacles during
her tenure in office. At the time she became chief, the Cherokee Nation was
male-dominated. Such a structure con trasted with the traditional Cherokee
culture and value system, which instead
emphasized a balance between the two
genders. Over the course of her three
terms, Mankiller would make great
strides to bring back that balance and
reinvigorate the Cherokee Nation through
community-development projects where
men and women work collectively for the
common good, based on the Bureau of
Indian Affairs "Self Help" programs first
initiated by the United Keetoowah Band,
and with the help of the Federal Governments Self-Determination monies. These
projects included establishing tribally
owned businesses (such as horticultural
operations and plants with government
defense contracts), improving infrastructure ( such as providing running water to
the community of Bell, Oklahoma) , and
building a hydroelectric facility.
Mankiller overcame many tragedies to
become a guiding power for the Cherokee
people of Oklahoma and a symbol of
achievement for women everywhere.
Throughout her life, Mankiller managed
to not complain about how bad things
were for herself, for her people, and for
Native Americans in general. She instead
worked to help make life better . Although she declined to seek another term
as principal chief in 1995 for health reasons, she remained in the public eye,
writing and giving lectures across the
country. She stressed that if all the Native Americans who were eligible to vote
actually did so, officials elected with
those votes would be forced to address
the problems of Native Americans. She
also called for an end to the increasing
problem of violence against women.
Mankiller was inducted into the Women's
Hall of Fame in New York City in 1994 and
was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom by then-president Bill Clinton in
1998.
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back riding and a golf course (additional fees), biking trails, two lakes for fishing, and lots of nature to explore.
With so many fun activities planned, and time to just relax if that's what you need, we hope you'll come for the entire weekend, but if that's not possible, consider coming for the day Saturday, or even just to see Kristie Stremel!
A few reminders : Start thinking about what you want to bring for the Potluck, polish up your talent to share at the
Open Mic, gather an item or two to donate to the Silent Auction and/or Raffle , stretch your hips in anticipation of
the Salsa Dancing Workshop, and dig out a loaf pan for the Bread Making Workshop.
This is your last chance to pre-register, so if you haven't already, please send in your registration. It is
ful for planning and buying food, AND you get a free raffle ticket just for pre-registering!
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After we receive your registration, we will mail you a packet which has the retreat schedule, a list of things you may
want to bring, more details about the weekend, and a map to Roman Nose State Park. If you have any questions,
please call Herland at (405) 521-9696 or Sannie, the Herland Camp Director at (405) 550-2312. Leave a message and
someone will call you back.
Looking forward to seeing you all and having another Fabulous Herland Retreat!
Herland Spring Retreat
Roman Nose State Park, Watonga, OK
May 14-16, 2010
Herland Spring Retreat 2010 Registration
Roman Nose State Park, Watonga, OK May 14-16, 2010
Deadline for pre-registration is May 8th. Please return registration form and check to:
Herland Sister Resources, 2312 NW 39th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.
A retreat packet with all information will be mailed to you.
Name(s): _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~
Address: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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C i t y : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - State : _ _ _ Zip: _ _ _ __
Email:
Phone: _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Total Registration Fee $_ _ _ _ _ enclosed.
( ) I need a work scholarship to attend.
( ) I'm enclosing an additional $
()I'm bringing
to help provide scholarships.
children (girls of all ages and boys under age 10 are welcome) .
( ) I'm bringing ___ dogs that will be kept on leashes at all times and I and will sign a
waiver stating I am completely responsible for any injury or damage caused by my dog(s).
( ) I have a disability and need the following if possible:
Sliding Scale Registration Fee (for entire weekend)
Annual Income PER PERSON
( ) under $13,300 - $30 ( ) All Day Saturday - $25 (includes Concert)
( ) $13,300-$30,000 - $45 ( ) Saturday Night Concert Only - $10
( ) over $30,000 - $60
Census Counts Gay Marriages Even In States That
Don't Allow Them
Community Events
From the Huffington Post
ith strong backing from the Census Bureau, gay-rights activists are urging maximum participation by their community in the first U.S. census that will tally same-sex couples
who say they're married - even those without a marriage
license.
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Monday May 3rd, 7-9 pm OKC
Pride Meeting Expression
Community Fellowship
Church, 4010 N. Youngs Blvd,
OKC
The move has drawn fire from conservatives, who complain that it's another step toward redefining marriage. For the first time, the bureau
has deployed a team of professional field workers - about two-dozen
strong - to reach out to gays and lesbians. On Monday, the bureau unveiled its first public-service videos encouraging gay Americans to mail
in their census forms.
Tuesday May 4th, 5:30 pm
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Boulevard Cafeteria, NW 11 ft
Dewey, OKC
"What I tell folks in the bureau is that this is a powerful, important part
of American society," said Tim Olson, a Census Bureau assistant division
chief helping to oversee the campaign. "We have to reach out and engage this part of the population. Anything less than that is a failure," he
said.
Only the District of Columbia and five states - Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont and Iowa - have legalized gay marriages,
starting with Massachusetts in 2004. But the Census Bureau says samesex couples in any state who consider themselves spouses should feel
free to check the "husband" or "wife" boxes on the census form, rather
than "unmarried partner."
The bureau's willingness to count gay marriages - despite a federal law
that denies legal recognition to any of them - has been hailed as a historic milestone by gay-rights leaders.
Some conservatives have complained that the eventual count of samesex unions will be legally inaccurate while serving as ammunition for
gay-marriage advocates. Olson said he was aware of the criticisms, but
defended the Census Bureau's policy of counting people according to
how they identify themselves.
"We're treating the gay community the same as other segments of the
population," he said. "There's a respect factor there .... We've never
asked people to show us their marriage licenses. We don't do that for
straight people." Olson also stressed the confidentiality of the census insisting, for example, that gay members of the military should have no
fear about identifying themselves as part of a same-sex union, even
though the "don't ask, don't tell" policy forbids gay service members
from being open about their sexual orientation.
The census forms do not inquire directly about sexual orientation, and
some gay-rights activists have complained that this means single gays as opposed to those with live-in spouses and partners - have no means
of gaining collective representation through the census.
Olson said an act of Congress would be needed to add a sexual orientation question to the form, and some activists are already planning a
campaign to achieve that. In a first step, a campaign called "Queering
the Census," activists are distributing stickers for gays and lesbians to
attach to this year's forms on which they can identify themselves as
gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual.
Tuesday May 4th, 7 pm
PFLAG OKC!Edmond Channing
Unitarian Universalist Church,
2800 West 15th Street in Edmond
Friday May 7th, 7-9 pm Louise
Goldberg ft Mary Reynolds
Full Circle Bookstore, 50 Penn
Place, no cover
Monday May 10th, 7-9 pm
OGLPC 1236 NW 36th St, OKC
Thursday May 13, 7 pm Norman PFLAG St Stephens Methodist Church, 1801 W Brooks
in Norman
Friday May 14th, 8-11 pm
Miss Brown to You UCO Jazz
Lab in Edmond, $7
May 28-30, Great Plains Rodeo, OK State Fairgrounds
Sunday May 30th, 4:30 pm
Louise Goldberg ft Mary Reynolds at the Paseo Festival
Every Thursday, 5:30-7:30 pm
OKC Youth United First Unitarian 600 NW 13th
Obama Orders Visitation Rights for Lesbians and Gays
n a move hailed as a step toward fairness for same-sex couples, President
Barack Obama is ordering that nearly all hospitals allow patients to say
who has visitation rights and who can help make medical decisions, including gay and lesbian partners.
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With no fanfare, the White House on Thursday night released a statement by
Obama instructing the Health and Human Services Department to draft rules
requiring federally subsidized hospitals to grant all patients the right to designate people who can visit and consult with them at crucial moments .
The directive said Medicare-Medicaid hospitals, which include most of the nation's facilities, may not deny visitation and consultation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity or disability. The White House on Thursday released a statement by
Obama instructing his Health and Human Services secretary to draft rules requiring hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments to grant all
patients the right to designate people who can visit and consult with them at
crucial moments.
The designated visitors should have the same rights that immediate family
members now enjoy, Obama's instructions said . It said Medicare-Medicaid hospitals, which include most of the nation's facilities , may not deny visitation
and consultation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
The new rules, Obama said, should "guarantee that all patients' advance directives, such as durable
powers of attorney and
health care proxies, are
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respected," and that pasiding
tients' designees be able
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rights, called Obama's
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decision an "important act ion" that was inspired in part
by a New York Times article
about a lesbian couple in Miami. They were kept apart
while one lay dying in a hospital despite having an
"advanced health care directive" asking for full visitation
rights for each other. Flying
back to Washington from Mi ami, President Obama called
Janice Langbehn, the woman
who accused a Jackson Memorial Hospital worker of not
letting her visit her dying
partner, after signing a directive ordering hospitals to allow visits to anyone a patient
decides, including gay and
lesbian partners
In his statement, Obama
said: ".. . uniquely affected
are gay and lesbian Americans who are often barred
from the bedsides of the
partners with whom they may
have spent decades of their
lives - unable to be there for
the person they love, and
unable to act as a legal surrogate if their partner is incapacitated."
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