Meredith Stern

Begun 1925 - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (& Maids) Built the Groundwork for the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - "Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand". Power Concedes Nothing without a Struggle. Never Has, never Will." Frederick Douglass - The Brotherhood Was a Labor Based Moment Seeking Civil & Economic Rights for African Americans - Celebrate People's History!

Celebrate Peoples History - It Is the Responsibility of the Poet to Say Many Times, There Is No Freedom without Justice and This Means Economic Justice and Love Justice. - Poet Laureate - Educator - Peace Activist - Feminist - Short Story Writer - Grace Paley 1922 - 2007

Jane - 1969 1973 - Feminist, Underground Abortion Service - 100 + Members Performed over 11'000 Illegal Abortions in Chicago - "Those of Us Who Were Members of Janes Were Remarkable Only Because We Chose to Act with Womens's Needs as Our Guide. In Doing so We Transforemd Illegal Abortion from a Dangerous, Sordid Experience into One That Was Life Affirming + Powerful." Laura Kaplan - Celebrate Peoples' History