“No race can afford to neglect the enlightenment of its mothers.” -Frances Watkins Harper

Those who Made a Difference: Powerful Women of the Civil Rights Movement

Joni Scott, BA
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
9:30am-12:30pm
Suggested offering: $30

Throughout the last two hundred years in America, Black Women have organized, advocated, and fought for a more just and equal society, not just for themselves but for all people. In this workshop, we will acknowledge the contributions of seven powerful women who established in 1896 the first African American Women’s Club which promised racial uplift and civil rights for all black people, as well as equal rights for women. In addition, we will meet two women who have bravely stood on their shoulders.

Joni Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Marygrove College and is a wife, mother, grandmother, storyteller, retreat director and a trained spiritual director. She currently serves as a director of Religious Education at St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Detroit.

We will meet at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center at 23333 Schoolcraft Rd. (eastbound I-96 service drive).

Please pre-register by email: bmatievich@gmail.com or by calling (989) 709-0250