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Special Event:
Dreamers and Doers:
"Making the Connections"

Saturday, September 30
9:00am - 4:00pm
Martin de Porres Center, Columbus, Ohio

NEW! Click here to register online.
Registration deadline September 20!

Join us for a promising social justice conference, Dreamers and Doers: "Making the Connections," in celebration of the life and life's work of an extraordinary woman, Sr. Marjorie Tuite, OP. As we commemorate 20 years since her death this year, we celebrate that her voice of hope and her vision live on. Margie was a leading champion of women's rights in the Church, a passionate advocate for the poor, and a powerful voice for human rights and social justice on many fronts. Appropriately, the theme for the conference centers around social justice through the global sisterhood: women empowering women.

The morning program consists of a presentation by keynote speaker Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, who will address Margie's vision of social justice, followed by two respondents, Terry Hamilton and Ellen Dunn OP, who will elaborate on the vision. Conference participants will then share their social justice experiences with one another, making connections between Margie's vision and their own. After lunch, the afternoon session includes a prayer celebration of Margie's life, the testimonies of contemporary women on their experiences of being empowered, and a drafting of resolutions to support on-going social justice action in our personal and professional lives.

The timing of the conference is perfect, as noted social rights activist and writer Renny Golden has agreed to write Margie's biography for publication. Currently she is researching the 25 banker boxes of Margie's papers lodged at Loyola's Gannon Center for Women and Leadership. Recognizing the limitations of these documents to capture the whole person, Renny will lead a story telling session over lunch during the conference. If any of you have a story about Margie to pass on to Renny, come with it (if you have time, do write it down as well!) and pass it on to her at the conference.

This conference is open to religious women across the spectrum and to the public. The registration fee of $10 is modest. Click here to register for the conference online (Registration deadline September 20!). If you would like to volunteer to help with the conference, please email us. Click here for a PDF brochure about the event. Do join us on Saturday, September 30, and bring your friends and associates!

Above design taken from the center pane of the Boise Peace Quilt presented to Marjorie Tuite, OP, in February 1985.