The
Gillespie-Senter
Memorial Community Breakfast
June 12, 2021 session
Women in Afghanistan:
After the U.S. Withdrawal
Tammy Savoie Ph.D.
Retired U.S. Air Force Psychologist
10:50am - 12:30pm
10:50am-11:00am: Participant Introductions
11:00am-12:00pm: Keynote Presentation
12:00pm-12:30pm: Progressive Community Announcements
Via Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 872 5636 1356
Passcode: 397623
We do want our troops home. But it seems inevitable that the
Taliban will take over Afghanistan again after our troops leave. But
what will become of security, given the Taliban's history of harboring
terrorists, including those who attacked the U.S.?
Our
focus this month is the very real concerns expressed for the women of
Afghanistan, (including the woman who is currently Afghanistan's envoy
to the U.S. to many prominent Afghan women). And even though the
U.S. troops weren't sent to Afghanistan to rescue women from their
murderous patriarchy, the presence of troops has helped to allow women
more freedom and rights, including the right to actually live.
(Remember, it was Taliban militants who tried to murder Malala
Yousoufzai in Pakistan.)
Our presenter will be will be Tammy Savoie,
a retired Air Force psychologist. She spent 15 years in the Louisiana
National Guard, received her Ph.D. from Emory University in Atlanta and
worked 23 years in the Air Force, retiring as a lieutenant colonel in
2016.
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Ott at bradott@bellsouth.net or (504) 810-3919
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The Gillespie-Senter Memorial Community Breakfast has been a
project of
the First Unitarian Universalist Church Social
Justice Team since May 1983
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