ROADWomen's Fork in the Road dinner, Sat., 8/19

[PDittie]

Mrs. Diddie and I are going (after I get home from Camp Wellstone that day):




Fork in the Road

In Recognition that Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History

River Oaks Area Democratic Women will host cocktails and dinner to benefit Democratic candidates for public office

Saturday, August 19, 2006
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The Westin Oaks Hotel
5011 Westheimer
Houston, Texas

Featured Speaker:
Cecelia Fire Thunder*
Of South Dakota’s Oglala Sioux Nation



2006 Women of Courage Presentations
Recipients To Be Announced That Evening



Proceeds from this fundraising event will benefit Democratic candidates for public office.

Sponsorships for this event will be available at $2,500 & $5,000

Individual dinners may be acquired for $100 per person
**No tickets will be sold at the door.**

RSVP to: [e-mail]


*In March 2006, the South Dakota legislature banned all abortions in the state, except those necessary to save the life of the mother (no exceptions for victims of rape or incest). Ms. Fire Thunder at that time was the elected President of the Oglala Sioux Nation on the Pine Ridge Reservation. She vowed to open a clinic on tribal lands to provide a wide range of family planning and health services including counseling for victims of domestic violence, abortions, and contraceptives. But in May, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council voted to ban all abortions on the reservation (no exceptions at all) and voted to suspend Fire Thunder as President. On June 29, Fire Thunder was impeached and removed as tribal President because of her outspoken support of reproductive freedom for women of the Oglala Sioux Nation and all women of South Dakota. ROADwomen join many other supporters of reproductive freedom in honoring Cecilia Fire Thunder’s courage and convictions.