March 31st Annual Gathering in Asheville-- Open to All!

March 31st is the annual gathering of our area churches, the Western Carolinas Cluster of the Southeast District, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. This is a special opportunity to share in a reunion of UU Civil Rights veterans of the 60’s! Interested? We are all invited-- register by March 15th.
Learn from our UU Civil Right Veterans and Prepare to lead your congregation forward in Immigrations Rights and Marriage Equality

Morning session with Civil Rights activist and dynamic speaker Dorothy Cotton who will involve UU ministers who served in southern congregations.
Afternoon: choose between two workshops for leading your congregation in social justice for Immigration Rights and Marriage Equality

Registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BVY7GX6
Cost of $25.00 includes lunch

Here’s just a little background on Dorothy Cotton (born 1930) from wikipeidia: She was a leader of the 1960s African-American Civil Rights Movement[1] and a member of the inner-circle of one of its main organizations, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As the SCLC's Educational Director, she was arguably the highest ranked female member of the organization.

Cotton helped organize the students during the 1963 Birmingham Movement and its Children's Crusade, and conducted citizenship classes throughout the South during the era. She also accompanied Martin Luther King, Jr., the co-founder and first president of the SCLC, on his trip to Oslo, Norway to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.