Last week, KCDW held its first forum since 2019. On Thursday, October 13, we presented “Our Rights Are on the Ballot: Impact of Dobbs v Jackson.” The forum brought together three distinguished panelists and a judicial perspective by Judge Elizabeth Rochford, candidate for the Illinois Supreme Court 2nd District. The subject came about in a … Read more
SONIA SOTOMAYOR – “The People’s Justice” Sonia Sotomayor was born in the South Bronx in NYC on June 25, 1954, to parents who had moved from Puerto Rico to NYC. Her family struggled financially, but Sonia worked hard and was accepted at Princeton University in 1972 on a full scholarship. During her first year, she … Read more
The Supreme Court decision of June 25 that ended the constitutional right to abortion made one thing very clear. The battle for reproductive rights, which began in the 1800s, is not over. And even though American women in eight states lost the right to reproductive freedom, it is up to all of us to organize, … Read more
Today the unthinkable has happened! Fifty years of precedent gone. I don’t even remember when the right to make the choice about my body, was not my own. Today we feel defeated, but we DO NOT have time for that. If there is anything that can come of today’s rollback of women’s rights, it is the might that … Read more