Two Brave Working Class Women Tested in a Time of Trial and Tribulation

Start: 03/06/2011 - 11:00 End: 03/06/2011 - 14:30 Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 Marking International Women's Day RICHARD KORITZ "Two Brave Working Class Women Tested in a Time of Trial and Tribulation: A Legacy for Our Time" In the summer of 1955 Sara Sue Koritz and her comrade Mary Walsh Carlson took their four children to the Massachusetts State House to protest to Governor Christian Herter the blacklisting of their husbands which prevented these two men from earning a living for their families. Herter a major ruling class political force in the USA over many decades also stood about six foot six inches tall. Nevertheless he and his closest advisers took off on an elevator out the back way rather than have to face these two women. Both Sara Sue and Mary had a rich history of courageous struggle for justice before this event and long afterward as well. The moral of their story is that their nobility came from their willingness to struggle for justice for themselves and their husbands and families as well as for the oppressed and exploited of the earth. Their lives richly deserve celebration---and emulation. Richard Koritz proud son of Sara Sue is a member of the North Carolina Human Relations Commission a member of the Board of Directors of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum (which opened at the original Woolworth's Building site of the Sit-in here in Greensboro on February 1 2010) and an elected member of the State Executive Board of the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO). ============= FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US Rev. Jason Lydon Minister Community Church of Boston 565 Boylston Street Boston MA 02116 (617) 266-6710 (617) 266-0449 (fax) info (at) commchurch.org http://www.communitychurchofboston.org Location Community Church of Boston565 Boylston St. Boston MA 02116United States 42° 21' 1.8936" N 71° 4' 34.68" W See map: Google Maps Yahoo! Maps MapQuestSponsoring Organization: Community Church of BostonEvent Website: http://www.communitychurchofboston.org