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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Darcy Baxter <<a href="mailto:dbaxter@uuma.org">dbaxter@uuma.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">January 9, 2013 12:32:13 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Darcy Baxter <<a href="mailto:dbaxter@uuma.org">dbaxter@uuma.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Mary Larson <<a href="mailto:mlarson.telfords@gmail.com">mlarson.telfords@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>ReBirth of Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice/Justice in Northern California</b><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues and Friends,<div><br></div><div style="">My name is Darcy Baxter and I am a new Unitarian Universalist minister and reproductive justice activist, currently serving as an associate minister at the UU congregation in Hayward, CA. Mary Larson provided me with your email address as someone who has been involved with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice in the past.</div>
<div style=""><br></div><div style="">Over the past couple of years, I have been involved with RCRC National as part of their Strategic Planning Committee and transition to becoming an organization grounded in the philosophy and movement of reproductive justice. </div>
<div style=""><br></div><div style="">I am also part of the Center for American Progress' Faith and Reproductive Justice Leadership Institute.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">I am hoping to re-energize religious and reproductive justice activism in the Northern California area. I supposed you could say, if you would excuse the Christian pun, that I am hoping we can do resurrection work.</div>
<div style=""><br></div><div style="">As a launch to this effort of revitalizing and rebirth, I have organized a public service honoring the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. </div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">I would be honored to hear from you and delighted if you joined me in this service which has strong support from local SF Bay Area reproductive justice organizations. </div>
<div style=""><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div style=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px"><b>Join in an evening of testimony, song, and community honoring the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade in Oakland's historic Preservation Park. </b></span></div>
<div style=""><b><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px"></b></div><div style=""><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">The CA Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Bay Area Coalition for our Reproductive Rights, and the Abortion Conversation Project invite all those dedicated to making reproductive freedom a reality for all people to participate in this service. We will listen to testimony of movement leaders, activists, and advocates and honor the messy and imperfect legacies </span><span class="" style="display:inline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:16px">that have shaped our lives. <br>
<br>Sunday January 20th 6:30pm<br>Nile Hall in Preservation Park<br>1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland<br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tinyurl.com%2FLegaciesOfJustice&h=rAQF99xfP&s=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color:rgb(59,89,152);text-decoration:initial">www.tinyurl.com/<span class="" style="display:inline-block"></span>LegaciesOfJustice</a></span></b></div>
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I would also greatly appreciate if if you would share and circulate this event across your circles and networks.</div>
<div style=""><br></div><div style="">After this service, I am hoping to hold an organizational meeting of people interested in continuing this work of religious reproductive justice in the Northern CA area.</div><div style=""><br>
</div><div style="">I look forward to speaking and getting to know many of you and am hopeful about future work together.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">In Solidarity and Hope,</div><div style="">Darcy</div><div style=""><br>
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