By Joseph Plummer
This first week of March begins International Women’s Month and this weekend’s UUFSMA Guest Speaker Veronica Cruz will discuss “All Rights for All the People All the Time” for a combined audience of Ser Mujer and the UUFSMA.
The first Mexican human rights activist to be honored as a Defender of Human Rights by Human Rights Watch, Sanchez gained that recognition in 2006 for her work to establish women’s rights to legal and medical services. She is also the founder of Las Libres, based in Guanajuato, which has gained an international reputation as a defender of women’s rights against domestic and public violence, while using the law to build support for gender equality and safe and legal abortion.
Las Libres’ work results in life-changing benefits for predominantly uneducated, indigenous, and impoverished Mexican women, many of whom have been imprisoned for abortions and miscarriages. Through her mobilization of public opinion and legal resources, Cruz has led the effort to decriminalize and de-stigmatize women’s health and reproductive care. One of Las Libres’ notable achievements came through its leadership in gaining the safe harbor of legal abortion in Mexico.
Ser Mujer is a coalition of Mexican, American, Canadian, and Mexican American women of all ages. For seven years Ser Mujer has presented events, programs, and workshops to promote women’s issues across cultures while raising awareness of women’s accomplishments.
Red Dress Day will highlight the celebration of International Women’s Month in San Miguel. Designed as a remembrance of missing and murdered indigenous women in Mexico, where an average of five women go missing each day, the project will feature more than 100 red dresses displayed in several locations throughout San Miguel.
UUFSMA has resumed limited in-person Sunday services at 10:30 am at the Hotel Aldea. Please arrive by 10:20. Members and friends may reserve admission by contacting Diana Amaya (info.uufsma@gmail.com) for safety guidelines that must be followed. Sunday walk-up guests who show proof of vaccination and booster can join the service when space permits.
To participate in our online 10:30am Sunday Service, visit www.uufsma.org and click on the Zoom Service button on the home page. If requested, enter password: 294513. Sign-in from anywhere Sunday mornings between 10:15-10:25 am CT.
UUFSMA donates at least fifty percent of its income to support nonprofit organizations that provide health, educational, and environmental services for underserved communities in the San Miguel region. Please support this work by clicking on the website home page Donate button at uufsma.org. Now more than ever, your support is essential.
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Webinar
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende Sunday Service
“All Rights for All the People All the Time”
Speaker: Veronica Sanchez Cruz
Sun, Mar 6, 10.30am
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/414604040
Password: 294513
