The Gillespie-Senter
Memorial Community Breakfast
May 13, 2023 session:
Forty Years of Progressive Social Justice Solidarity:
The Gillespie-Senter Memorial Community Breakfast
Community Roundtable Discussion
Opening Remarks of Historical Context by Brad Ott
Brad Ott
in May 1983 was 21-years-old and Chair of the First Unitarian Church Social
Concerns Committee. Namesakes
Dr. John “Jack” Gillespie in May 1983 was President of the First Unitarian
Church and with spouse Millie Gillespie conceived The Community Breakfast as an
organizing venue for progressive social justice solidarity. Katherine “Kit”
Senter (along with Brad Ott) Co-Chaired the Gillespie Memorial Community
Breakfast (1990-2011) and launched its current forum with keynote speaker format
from her work with the League of Women Voters. The Gillespie-Senter Memorial Community Breakfast, apart from a 17-month interruption due to Hurricane Katrina, continues this progressive social justice solidarity, marking forty years since its founding in May 1983.
SATURDAY MAY 13, 2023 / 11:00am
First Unitarian Universalist Church
5212 South Claiborne Avenue
Presentation and Discussion in the First UU Church Sanctuary
Due to COVID-19 transmission rates in Orleans Parish,
First Unitarian Universalist Church recommends face masks are optional until further notice
10:30am – Historical Display, Coffee and Pastries
11:00am – Opening Remarks and Roundtable
12:00pm - Progressive Community announcements
For more information, contact Brad Ott at bradott@bellsouth.net or (504) 810-3919
Like our Facebook page [URL]: https://www.facebook.com/GillespieBreakfast/
See our website [URL]: http://www.thecommunitybreakfast.org/
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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