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Month: December 2023

Past Meeting: December 14, 2023

Past Meeting: December 14, 2023

The Democratic Club of LW held their monthly meeting on December 14 in the Clubhouse II auditorium in conjunction with the Progressive Club. One hundred and twenty residents attended to watch the movie “The Janes,” and then hear from Heather Booth, the founder of The Jane Collective. “The Janes” is a documentary that provides a brief history of the Jane Collective, a clandestine abortion group working out of Chicago in the late 1960s and early ’70s, told mostly by the…

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December 9, 2023

December 9, 2023

Award winning movie at December 14 meeting: Who were the “Janes”? Why are they important? They were leaders in the pro-choice movement before Roev Wade. What could be more relevant?!! On Thursday, December 14, 7pm in the Auditorium, CH 2 (note the venue), we will show the HBO documentary “The Janes” with special guest and star of the movie Heather Booth. She also is a civil rights, labor, anti-war and women’s activist. The movie was named the “top documentary” in the…

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