http://www.herlandsisters.org serving women in the Oklahoma area Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:41:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Lynn Paltrow, JD Executive Director, National Advocates for Pregnant Women On November 19, 2008, after serving only one year from the date of sentencing, Theresa Lee Hernandez was released from prison. Ms. Hernandez was arrested in 2004 and charged with first-degree murder (a crime with a potential penalty of 25 years-to-life ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/convicted-woman-released/ By Jane Costello - WomenseNews correspondent New Hampshire's state Senate will carve history for the Granite State in January when the legislative body convenes with women in 13 of the 24 seats forming the country's first female majority. Women will also factor in key positions of leadership: the Senate is presided over ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/female-majority-to-control-nh-senate/ Creating Change Conference 2009 January 28–February 1 Just one week after the inauguration of a new administration, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists will converge in Denver for the 21st National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change, Jan. 28--Feb. 1. Activists will strategize on how to advance LGBT equality ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/the-national-conference-on-lgbt-equality/ A statement by the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, convened by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, responded to the selection of Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the Jan. 20 inauguration. "As a Christian pastor and a lesbian, I am deeply troubled by President-elect ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/national-religious-leadership-roundtable-responds-to-selection-of-rick-warren-to-give-invocation-at-inauguration/ By Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO A daylong work stoppage for which people were encouraged to call in "gay" to express support for same-sex marriage drew spotty participation Wednesday, December 10, with some gay rights activists praising the event and others questioning its value. People who opted to take the day off from ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/day-without-a-gay/ If so, the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma wants you.  The program is initiating a project of video/oral history interviews with Oklahoma’s ERA activists in order to save their stories.  The interviews will be transcribed, indexed, and archived in OU’s Western History Collection and the Women’s Studies ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/were-you-an-activist-in-the-fight-for-the-equal-rights-amendment-in-oklahoma/ New Year’s Day Potluck at Herland 1—4 pm Join in our tradition! Saturday, Jan. 3, 10, 17, & 24 Herland Bookstore Open 1—5 pm Saturday, January 10 Herland Supper Club & Movie at Italiano’s 4801 N Lincoln Saturday, January 31 Herland Planning Retreat (Bookstore Closed) http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/january-events-2/ Friday, January 2 Miss Brown to You Galileo Bar & Grill 3009 Paseo  9 to midnight $5 Saturday, January 3 Louise & Mary Full Circle Bookstore 50 Penn Place 7-9 pm no cover Tuesday January 6 PFLAG-OKC  Church of the Open Arms 7 pm Thursday January 8 PFLAG-Norman  St Stephens 7 pm Friday, January ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/more-events/ Saturday, February 14 Herland’s Red & White Party May 15-17 Herland Spring Retreat http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/save-the-dates/ Join the Herland Supper Club on Saturday, January 10, at 5:30 pm for dinner and a movie.  We will have the theater room at Italiano’s Pasta and Pizza, 4801 N. Lincoln Blvd, all to ourselves.  Their menu includes mouth-watering dishes like baked ziti and meatball supremo, lighter fare like soups ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/herland-supper-club-and-a-movie-too/ www.CreatingChange.org http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2009/01/website-of-the-month-34/ Election night was a bitter-sweet celebration. We came together to witness the first black man who will become our president, yet watched in sadness as Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and California all voted down equal rights for all citizens.  In California, Proposition 8, which eliminated the right of same-sex couples to ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2008/12/join-the-impact/ After 33 years in the Army, Ann E. Dunwoody ascended to the rank of four-star general, a first for U.S. military. Dunwoody received her Army commission after graduation from the State University of New York in 1975.  Her first assignment was to Fort Sill, as supply platoon leader. She was sent ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2008/12/first-female-four-star-general/ Jane M. Patten, of Norman, died November 12 at home following a short illness.  She began her career as a kindergarten teacher, and became one of the most influential women in Norman as the chairman of the board of Security National Bank.   She was a founding member of the Norman ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2008/12/era-champion-dies-at-81/ The Western History Collection at the University of Oklahoma has begun a Women’s Studies Archive, reports Martha Skeeters, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, and Adjunct Assoc. Professor of History at OU.  Skeeters is recommending that anyone with papers on women’s studies, or related subjects, consider donating them to this collection.  ... http://www.herlandsisters.org/archives/2008/12/ou-women%e2%80%99s-studies-archives/